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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
Edmonton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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May 2nd, 3 boxes dates; 8th, 20 boxes dates; 13th, 2 boxes dates;
14th, 1 case haddocks; 15th, 1 box dates; 20th, 51b. bacon, 1 tin corned
beef; 21st, 1 box dates; 27th, 1 box dates; 28th, 1 trunk of dog-fish; 28th,
4 boxes tomatoes.
June 6th, 1 case bananas; 10th, 181b. bacon; 11th, 2 cases rabbits;
30th, 1| boxes kippers.
July 4th, 40½lb. bacon; 24th, 1½ boxes dates; 29th, 2cwt. cheese;
30th, 1 tin crab.
August 16th, 39 rabbits; 18th, 32 rabbits.
September 1st, 161b. bacon; 8th, 221b. bacon; 8th, 1 case rabbits;
23rd, 3 boxes kippers.
November 27th, 351b. rabbits.
December 5th, 2 trunks skate; 10th, 3 boxes dates; 12th, 40 boxes
tomatoes; 13th, 38 rabbits.
The stalls and shops where fish, fruit and foods are exposed for sale for
human consumption are regularly inspected.
Herewith I append a statement of work done under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act by the Middlesex County Council Inspector for this district, kindly supplied by the Chief Officer of the Public Control Department.
| Article. | Taken. | Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 118 | 17 |
| Cream | 4 | 4 |
| Vinegar | 6 | 3 |
| Self-raising Flour | 2 | — |
| Coffee | 1 | — |
| Evaporated Milk | 1 | — |
| Total | 132 | 24 |
Number of Prosecutions 8
Number of Convictions 4
Fines £17
The figures given for adulterated samples include some adulterated
informal samples in respect of which no proceedings could be taken.
GIPSIES.
I have received a number of complaints as to the disgusting habits and
filthy language of the nomads, some of whom are of foreign extraction. Occasionally
we get a clean, bona fide showman, or gipsy, and these only stay the
night; but the generality are a low type of vagrant, who manage to exist in a
box on four wheels, under over-crowded and filthy conditions, and evade all
responsibility of law and order. They are a nuisance to the residents in the