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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
Various licences were granted as under :—
| Primary. | Supplementary. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pasteurised | 11 | 7 |
| Tuberculin tested | 7 | 5 |
| 18 | 12 |
One of the above retailers is licensed to bottle Tuberculin tested milk and
one firm is licensed to pasteurise and bottle milk on the premises; one firm
is licensed to bottle pasteurised milk on the premises.
Supplementary licences are granted to retailers who live outside the
Borough but who sell milk in the Borough ; the primary licence is granted by
the Authority in which they reside.
Unsound Food.
The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption :—
| 426 tins milk. | 9 rabbits. |
| 160 tins beans. | 257 lbs. prunes. |
| 450 tins canned fish. | 93 lbs. sugar. |
| 293 tins canned meat. | 62 tins Yorkshire pudding flour. |
| 56 pots jam. | 22 tins egg substitute. |
| 15 tins fruit. | 47 bottles pickles. |
| 13 cwt. " Soya " flour. | 72 pkts. biscuits. |
| 395 pkts. Glenmar Products. | 25 lbs. raisins. |
| 312 lbs. Goteborg Sausage. | 292 lbs. pork. |
| 3 doz. " Tesco " bun flour. | 200 lbs. tripe. |
| 12 calves livers. | 72 tins pancake mixture. |
| 247 lbs. rolled oats. | 32 tins beetroot. |
| 12 boxes tomatoes. | 16 tins soup. |
| 3 boned legs of pork. | 19 lbs. tea. |
| 1 leg mutton. | 40 tins Yorkshire peas pudding. |
| 82 lbs. mixed fish. | 3 boxes haddock. |
| 5 stone roe. | 3 boxes flats. |
| 1 cwt. dog fish. | 3½ stone herrings. |
| 2 boxes skate. | 60 lbs. fillets. 1 cwt. cod. |
Together with various small consignments of miscellaneous foods. The
above items do not include the food dealt with at shops subjected to damage
on account of " Enemy action."
Shops Acts.
The Shops Acts Inspector submits a monthly report to the Public Health
Committee, and the following is a short summary :—
Visits to shops, licensed street traders, etc. 3,241
Contraventions —
Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations of Food.
The only examinations carried out by the Council are those for designated
milks. The matter has been discussed previously.
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