Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Honey 1 jar Prunes 5 lbs.
Horseradish "Rainbow" Sticks 2,376
Cream 3 jars Raisins 104 lbs.
Iced Chocolate Rhubarb 1 jar
Layer Cake Mix 48 packets Salad Cream 2 jars
Ice Cream Cones 500 Sandwich Spread 5 jars
Jam 2 jars Sauce 21 bottles
Lemon Curd 4 jars Sausages 70½1bs.
Lemon Juice 2 jars Sponges 3
Macaroni 1 packet Sponge Mixture 3 packets
Margarine 16 lbs. Sultanas 120 lbs.
Margarine 2 packets Tea 2 packets
Marmalade 3 jars Tea Cake Mixture 1 packet
Meat Paste 1 jar Veal and Ham
Meringues 96 Spread 1 jar
Mincemeat 1 jar Walnuts 1 jar
Mustard 2 tubes Welsh Rarebit 9 jars
Pickled Cabbage 1 jar Welsh Rarebit 1 packet
Pickled Onions 1 jar Yorkshire Pudding
Pickles 7 jars Mixture 30 packets
A cargo of tinned salmon, which had been unloaded at Liverpool
Docks, was found to have suffered damage in transit. It
appeared that whilst on the ship, water had reached the tins and
a chemical reaction had taken place with the gum used for affixing
the labels, with the result that a proportion of the tins had become
perforated with minute holes.
The Ministry of Food had forbidden the sale of the salmon
direct to the retail trade but had agreed to its being released for
processing purposes subject to its first being examined and passed
by the local Sanitary Officers.
A consignment of 1,400 cases comprising 67,200 tins had been
allocated to Finchley, and all were examined by your Sanitary
Inspectors. Three thousand eight hundred and ninety-three tins
were found to be unsound. This figure is included in the tabulated
list of tinned food above.
Humane Slaughter of Animals
In accordance with the provisions of the Slaughter of Animals
Act 1933, all animals, including sheep, slaughtered in a
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