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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
Hendon 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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22.
FOOD CONDEMNATION.
The following foodstuffs were examined and condemned as unfit for human consumption;-
| Butchers Meat. | Fish. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | 392½ | lbs. | 467 stones 6½ lbs. |
| Veal | 36 | lbs. | (Cod, Chidlings, Coalfish, Coley, Dabs, Dogfish, Gurnet, Hake, Haddocks, Herrings, Kippers, Lobsters, Mackerel, Megrimes, Nurses, Pilchards, Ray, Roe, Salmon, Skate, Witches.) |
| Pork | 198 | lbs. 2 oz. | |
| Ham | 79¾ | lbs. | |
| Liver | 15 | lbs. | |
| Tripe | 95 | lbs. | |
| Rabbits | 80 | ||
| Sausages | 1202 | lbs. | |
| Lamb | 2½ | lbs. | |
| Cow-heel | 40 | lbs. | |
The following foodstuffs were examined and condemnod as unfit for human consumption:-
| Bacon. | Poultry. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92½ lbs. | Chickens | 44 | |||
| Turkeys | 1 | ||||
| Fruit end Vegetables. | Other Foods. | ||||
| Potatoes | 10 | cwt. | Eggs | 1880 | |
| Apple Rings | 23 | lbs. | Cheese | 34½ | lbs. |
| Orenges | 304 | lbs. | Cooking Fats | 184 | lbs. |
| Cherries | 56 | lbs. | Cereals | 445 | packets (assorted) |
| Peas | 26 | lbs. | |||
| Figs | 2 | cwts. | Flour | l80½ | lbs. |
| Dates | 149½ lbs. | Sweets | 21 | lbs. 2oz. (assorted) | |
| Sultanas | 50 | lbs. | |||
| Raisins | 50 | lbs. | Jam | 76 | Jars |
| Pickles | 244 | bottles | |||
| Paste | 7 | Jars | |||
| Canned Foods. | Fruit | l | bottle | ||
| Sauces | 37 | bottles | |||
| Meat | 407 | tins | Coffee | 2 | bottles |
| Fish | 701 | tins | Fruit Cordia | 3 | bottles |
| Milk | 16o | tins | Dried Eggs | 6 | packets |
| Fruit | 77 | tins | Household Dried | ||
| Soup | 193 | tins | Milk | 15 | tins |
| Jam & Marmalade | 192 | tins | Soup Powder | 167 | packets |
| Vegetables | 251 | tins | Cocoa | 12 | tins |
| Sugar | 14 | lbs. | |||
| Biscuits | 22 | tins | |||
| Spaghetti | 108 | lbs. | |||
| Total quantity of canned foods condemned | 2030 tins | ||||
| Total weight of other foods condemned | 5 tons 2 cwts | ||||
Informal action taken in conncction with Food Shops and Stores.
95 Notices were served on occupiers of Shops end Stores for
infringements of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, where proper precautions
were not being taken against contamination of food.