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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 - SECTION 16
During the year 13 premises were registered for the Sale and
Storage of Ice Cream.
Number on Register at end of year:-
Manufacturers and Vendors 6
Vendors only 225
During the year four premises were registered for the Preparation
or Manufacture of Preserved Food, etc.
Number on register at end of year:- 44
UNSOUND FOOD
The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption:-
| Meat | 5,237 tins | Lamb | 14 lbs. |
| Milk | 3,765 do. | Mutton | 8 do. |
| Fish | 2,895 do. | Pork | 144 do. |
| Jams, etc. | 1,385 do. | Offal | 301½ do. |
| Soups | 1,308 do. | Chickens | 60 only |
| Beans | 2,181 do. | Ham | 384 tins & 140¾ lbs. |
| Beetroot | 113 do. | Bacon | 15½ do. |
| Carrots | 396 do. | Turkeys | 110 do. |
| Mixed Vegetables | 101 do. | Roes | 3 tins |
| Peas | 4,430 do. | Whiting | 40 stone |
| Apples | 31 do. | Sausages (Pork) | 39 lbs. |
| Apricots | 1,874 do. | Cheeses | 1040 packets & 26½ do. |
| Blackcurrants | 20 do. | Yeast | |
| Cherries | 212 do. | Fish Paste | 178 jars |
| Damsons | 15 do. | Macaroni | 10 tins |
| Loganberries | 17 do. | Meat Paste | 102 jars |
| Grapefruit | 1,560 do. | Pickle | 274 do. |
| Gooseberries | 146 do. | Puddings | 265 tins |
| Greengages | 51 do. | Sauce | 157 bottles |
| Fruit Salad | 1,572 do. | Spaghetti | 230 tins |
| Oranges | 1,896 do. | Sandwich Spread | 26 do. |
| Peaches | 5,052 do. | Currants | 41 do. |
| Pears | 2,412 do. | Cereals | 17 pkts |
| Pineapple | 6,389 do. | Bovril | 10 bottles |
| Plums | 558 do. | Cream | 28 tins |
| Prunes | 424 do. | Salad Cream | 156 jars |
| Raspberries | 181 do. | Tomatoes | 276 lbs & 3,896 tins |
| Rhubarb | 107 do. | Fruit Juices | 833 tins |
| Spinach | 25 do. | Beef | 5 tins & 109½ lbs. |
| Strawberries | 156 do. | Rice | 161 tins |
| Tomato Juices | 164 do. | Eggs (Frozen | 4 boxes |
| Potatoes | 12 pkts | Nescafe | 5 tins |
The food examined and condemned by the Officers of the Public Health
Department is disposed of either at the Council's Refuse Disposal Incinerating
Plant or the Council's Refuse Disposal Pit.
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