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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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UNSOUND FOOD
The following is a list of the food surrendered for examination and retained as unfit for human consumption:-
| Meat | 2,173 tins | Tomato Juices | 150 tins |
| Milk | 2,986 do. | Margarine | 448 lbs |
| Fish | 2,289 do. | Veal | 48 lbs |
| Jams etc. | 1,328 do. | Beef | 658Üú lbs |
| Soups | 812 do. | Pork | 405Üù lbs |
| Beans | 2,102 do. | Chickens | 9Üü lbs |
| Beetroot | 97 do. | Ham | 59 lbs |
| Carrots | 495 do. | Cod | 42 lbs |
| Turnips | 5 do. | Sausages (Pork) | 46 tins |
| Mixed Vegetables | 166 do. | Cheeses 650 packets | 9lÜú lbs |
| Peas | 3,261 do. | Yeast | 149 lbs |
| Apples | 33 do. | Jellies | 85 only |
| Apricots | 1,646 do. | Fish Paste | 185 jars |
| Blackcurrants | 143 do. | Sugar | 96 lbs |
| Cherries | 609 do. | Meat Paste | 95 jars |
| Damsons | 6 do. | Pickle | 57 jars |
| Loganberries | 324 do. | Puddings | 190 tins |
| Grapes | 34 do. | Sauce | 185 bottles |
| Grapefruit | 557 do. | Spaghetti | 366 tins |
| Gooseberries | 115 do. | Dates | 70 lbs |
| Greengages | 36 do. | Salt | 36 pkts |
| Fruit Salad | 1,801 do. | Almonds | 48 pkts |
| Oranges | 1,054 do. | Dried Fruit | 35 pkts |
| Peaches | 4,601 do. | Bovril | 65 bottles |
| Pears | 2,728 do. | Sandwich Spread | 14 tins |
| Pineapple | 4,574 do. | Salad Cream | 177 jars |
| Plums | 253 do. | Tomatoes 2, | 286 tins |
| Prunes | 128 do. | Fruit Juices | 574 tins |
| Raspberries | 83 do. | Rice | 510 tins |
| Rhubarb | 284 do. | Eggs (frozen) | 43 lbs |
| Strawberries | 296 do. | Flour | 56 lbs |
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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