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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 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

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Table: INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.Milk Supply.Various licences were granted as under :—

INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

Milk Supply.

Various licences were granted as under :—

Primary.Supplementary.
Pasteurised137
Tuberculin tested95
2212

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One of the above retailers is licensed to bottle Tuberculin tested milk and
two are 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.

Table: Unsound Food.The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption :—

Unsound Food.

The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption :—

2533 tins milk.5 stone mackerel
590 „ meat.6 ,, cat fish.
879 „ fish.6 „ roes.
238 „ beans.1 cwt. mussels
780 „ jam and marmalade.418 lbs. Melts.
673 „ peas.4 stone Chitterlings.
75 ,, pears.2 bags whelks.
363 ,, soup.17 lbs. cooked beef.
166 „ plums.2 cases hares.
95 „ peaches.10 cwt. chestnuts.
184 „ tomatoes.39 lbs. prunes.
26 „ spaghetti.13 pkts. All Bran.
59 „ carrots.23 ,, Weetabix.
17 „ rabbit.26 stone sago.
4 ,, dried egg2,663 lbs. rabbits.
283 „ mussels.50 ,, walnuts.
28 ,, vegetables.30 ,, currants.
29 „ beetroot.49 fish cakes.
27 „ apples.38 jars gherkins.
3 „ cherries.1 leg pork.
20 „ puddings.50 lbs semolina.
41 „ oranges.15 pkts. barley.
24 ,, apricots150 bags flour.
367 „ grapefruit.130 lbs oats.
35 „ chocolate spread.24 salmon rolls.
3 „ peanut butter.1 gallon cream.
10 ,, apple puree.50 lbs. sugar.
98 pots paste.7 boxes dates.
33 „ horseradish sauce36 lbs. sweets.
13 bottles sauce95 pkts biscuits.
16 jars salad cream.37 lbs beans.
16 „ red cabbage.38 pkts. cereals.