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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Synthetic Cream.
62 samples of synthetic cream were taken from local manufacturers,
and 3 from manufacturers outside the Borough. 3 of the
local samples were found to be unsatisfactory, subsequent samples
taken proved to be satisfactory.
Inspection of Meat and Other Foods.
The following foodstuffs were condemned by the Sanitary Inspectors as unfit for human food in the course of their inspections of the various food premises in the Borough :
| lbs. | |
|---|---|
| Apples | 119 |
| Bacon | 67½ |
| Beef | 3360½ |
| Biscuits | 9897 |
| Butter | 27¾ |
| Cake | 38 |
| Cheese | 144¾ |
| Chicken | 3 |
| Chocolate | 4274 |
| Cocoa Powder | l½ |
| Corned Beef | 179¼ |
| Cream Powder | 7 |
| Currants | 56 |
| Dried Milk | 699 |
| Fish | 490½ |
| Flour | 82 |
| Fondant | 55 |
| Ham | 128¼ |
| Hearts | 25 |
| Jelly | 6½ |
| Kidney | 28 |
| Lamb | 202 |
| Lard | 13 |
| Liver | 185¾ |
| Luncheon Meat | 42¼ |
| Margarine | 11½ |
| Nuts | 449½ |
| Oatmeal | 44 |
| Offal | 12 |
| Peas | 576 |
| Peel | 14 |
| Pork | 165¼ |
| Potatoes | 420 |
| Prunes | 120 |
| Rabbit | 60 |
| Rice | 96 |
| Sausages | 97 |
| Soup Powder | 32 |