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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
Enfield 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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| Articles | Foodstuffs | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| lbs. | ||
| 6 tins | Soup (Chicken) | 5¾ |
| 4 „ | do. (Vegetable) | 4 |
| 20 „ | do. (Ox-tail) | 20 |
| 4 „ | do. (Brown Windsor) | 2¾ |
| 29 „ | Strawberries | 30¾ |
| 1 „ | Sweetcorn | 1 |
| 7 „ | Sausages | 6¾ |
| — | do. | 119 |
| 6 pkts. | Shredded Wheat | 6 |
| 39 tins | Salmon | 22 |
| 4 „ | Steak and Vegetables | 4 |
| 29 bottles | Salad Cream | 29 |
| 48 | Sauce | 48 |
| 3 boxes | Sultanas | 82½ |
| 84 tins | Spinnach | 126 |
| 1 „ | Spaghetti | |
| — | Skate | 147 |
| 1 tin | Shrimps (Peeled) | ¼ |
| 1 jar | Sandwich Spread | ¼ |
| 1 pkt. | Semolina | 1 |
| — | Split Peas | 94 |
| 1 tin | Salmon Spread | ¼ |
| 274 „ | Tomatoes | 305¾ |
| 3 | Turkeys | 55¼ |
| 1 pkt. | Tea | |
| 19 tins | Veal | 110 |
| 10,204½ lbs. | ||
| 4 tons 11 cwts. Oqtrs. 11½ lbs. | ||
Total No. of articles, etc., condemned 5,189
No. of Certificates issued in regard thereto 667
Total weight of foodstuffs condemned as unfit for
food:—
4 tons 11 cwts. 0 qrs. 11½ lbs.
Method of Disposal of Condemned foods
Some of the contents of tins of food and such fresh meat and
other foodstuffs as were considered suitable and fit for animal
feeding were disposed of for pig-food, and all other unfit foodstuffs
were destroyed in the Council's Refuse Destructor furnaces.