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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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26.
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933.
Three slaughtermen were licensed as fit and proper persons to
slaughter or stun aninals.
FOOD CONDEMNATION.
The following foodstuffs were examined and condemned as unfit for human consumption:-
| Butchers Meat. | Fish. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | 209 lbs. 10 ozs. | 413 stones 11½ lbs. | ||
| Mutton | 3 lbs, 3 ozs. | (including Cod, Coalfish, | ||
| Pork | 70 lbs. | Dogfish, Haddock, Hake, | ||
| Lamb | 15 lbs. | Halibut, Herring, Plaice, | ||
| Rabbits | 271 lbs. 4 ozs. | Ray, Skate, Tarsk, 'Teever, | ||
| Liver | 5 lbs. | Whiting end Roe. | ||
| Sausages | 130 lbs. | |||
| Ham | 26 lbs. 12 ozs. | |||
| Bacon. | Poultry. | |||
| 70 lbs. | Chickens | 59 lbs. | ||
| Ducks | ||||
| Eggs (2516) | 2 cwt. 28 lbs. | |||
| Fruit and Vegetables. | Miscellaneous Articles. | |||
| Oranges | 10 cwts. 37 lbs. | Flour | 505 lbs. | |
| Carrots | 2 cwts. | Cooking Fats | 156 lbs. 14ozs. | |
| Apples | 1¾ cwts. | Sweets | 100 lbs, 2ozs. | |
| Raisins | 105 lbs. | Cheese | 1 lbs. | |
| Dates | 85 lbs. | Jam | 297 Jars | |
| Currants | 56 lbs. | Soup Powder | 264 packets | |
| Sultanas | 22 lbs. | Biscuits | 96 lbs. | |
| Lemons | 15 lbs. | Cereals | 47 packets | |
| Prunes | 5 lbs. | Sugar | 39¼ lbs. | |
| Dried Egg | 36 packets | |||
| Fish | 33 jars | |||
| Pickles | 27 jars | |||
| Salad dressing powder | 25 packets | |||
| Canned Foods. | Paste | 20 jars | ||
| Cod Liver Oil & Malt | 19 tins | |||
| Milk | 1509 tins | Tea | 14 lbs. | |
| Fish | 1107 tins | Sauce | 9 bottles | |
| Vegetables | 874 tins | Salt | 9 packets | |
| Meat | 649 tins | Mustard | 7 tins | |
| Soup | 214 tins | Bi-carbonate of Soda | 3 packets | |
| Jam | 156 tins | Fruit Cordial | 2 bottles | |
| Fruit | 90 tins | Coffee Essence | 2 bottles | |
| Junket | 1 bottle | |||
| Ryvita | 1 packet | |||
| Baking Powder | 1 packet | |||
| Health Salts | 1 packet | |||
| Total quantity of Canned Foods condemned | 4599 | |||
| Total weight of Other Foods condemned (not including; canned foods, and foods contained in jars, packets and bottles) | 4 tons 4 cwts. 3½ stones. | |||