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Finchley 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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UNSOUND FOOD, 1949
Tuberculosis
Swine 1 Pig's Head
Other Diseases
Bovines 8 lbs. Beef (Callous)
9\lbs. Kidney (Cysts)
Swine 2 sets Pigs' Lungs (Pneumonia)
Sheep 3 lbs. Mutton (Abscesses)
Unsound
Bovines - 195½ lbs. Beef
40 lbs. Ox Liver
75 Cow Heels
Swine 112 Pigs' Feet
Miscellaneous
94 lbs. Bacon 45 Swiss Rolls
297 Rabbits 54 packets "Sweephat"
112 lbs. Rabbits 22 packets Cake or Pudding
90 lbs. Chickens Mixture
274½ stone Fish 22 packets Matzo Meal
2 boxes Kippers 2 packets Oats
7 boxes Herring Roes 2 packets Forfars
1½ bushels Winkles 18 packets Dried Yeast
12 Pork Pies 11 packets Corn Flakes
14 lb. Salami 4 packets Pastry Mix
6 Eggs 1 packet Ryyita
160 lb. Cheese 15 packets Date Fudge
108 Boxes of Cheese 1 packet Dried Eggs
1 lb. Butter 104—6 lb. tins Corned Beef
1 lb. Tea 2—12 oz. tins Corned Beef
1,120 lbs. Flour 5—6 lb. tins Corned Mutton
7 lbs. Suet 29—12 oz. tins Pork Luncheon
54½ lbs. Sugar Meat
73 lbs. Barley Meal 4 tins Stewed Steak
4 lbs. Semolina 34 tins Beef Loaf
916¾ lbs. Chocolate Cup 33 tins Veal Loaf
3 lbs. Dried Peas 2 tins Ham Loaf
56 lbs. Tomatoes 49 tins Meat and Vegetables
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