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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
Finchley 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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UNSOUND FOOD, 1948
Tuberculosis
Bovines 52 lbs. Silverside Beet
Swine 1 Pigs Head
Other Diseases
Bovines 60 lbs. Forequarter (malignant cyst)
Unsound
Bovines 409 lbs. Beef
32 lbs. Beef Sausage Meat
Swine 1 Carcase and Offal
Sheep 103¼ lbs. Lamb
Miscellaneous
155 stones Fish
25 lbs. Lobsters
7 lbs. Herring Soft Roes
131 lbs. Rabbits
1 Turkey
7 lbs. Bacon
7½ lbs. Suet
¾lb. Butter
3¾ lb. Margarine
108¾ lbs. Cooking Fat
14 lbs. Cheese
75 Meat Pies
354 Eggs
1 parcel containing chicken,
steak and chocolate
2 lbs. Sugar
3½ lbs. Tea
140 lbs. Oatmeal
114 lbs. Oats
½ lb. Semolina
12 lbs. Flour
28 lbs. Vermicelli
5 lbs. Macaroni
1 lb. Soyaghetti
9 tins Brisling Paste
6 tins Cod Liver Paste
1 packet Vermicelli Squares
6 cartons Matzo Meal
1 packet Wheat Flakes
3 packets Shredded Wheat
1 packet Oats
13 packets Oat Cakes
1 Packet Barley Flakes
5 packets Semolina
34 packets Cake or Pudding
Mixture
8 packets Scone Mixture
1 packet Pastry Mixture
2 packets Sweetphat
8 packets Dried Egg
15 tins Dried Egg
7 jars Jam
4 jars Marmalade
2 jars Lemon Curd
1 jar Chocolate Spread
1 jar Salad Dressing
10 jars Piccalilli
1 jar Cucumbers
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