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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Ealing 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

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Table: The following table indicates the amount of the various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the meat depot and at the various food premises in the Borough :—

The following table indicates the amount of the various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the meat depot and at the various food premises in the Borough :—

lbs.
Beef3,512
Pork1,163 ¼
Mutton566
Veal281¼
Offal516½
Bacon782¾
Fish4,325£
Sausages4,142½
Tinned Meat1,463
Fruit and Vegetables15,222¼
Confectionery1,255
Cocoa4,226
Cereals1,133½
Assorted Food12,161 ½
-50,750f lbs.
Milk (tins)2,644
Fish (tins)2,415
Assorted Articles1,301
Bggs2,391
Assorted tins, jars and packets2,978
Tinned Fruit and Vegetables629

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RATS AND MICE DESTRUCTION (ACT) 1919.
INFESTATION ORDER 1943.
The Minister of Food under the Defence (General Regulations)
1939 made the Infestation Order on the 6th May, 1943. Under
Section 5 of this Order every local authority was instructed to
undertake a survey of its district, and to make a report to the
Minister with respect to the extent to which land in its area was
subject to major infestations by rats and mice. Subsequent to
this report, which was submitted in June, 1943, the Ministry of
Food organised a campaign in which they solicited the help of the
public in giving information regarding the prevalence of rats.
This campaign lasted from October to the end of December, 1943,
and at that time 422 complaints of rats had been received at the
Public Health Department.