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 Hendon]
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Tinned Food:
Fish Paste 20,477
Meat 745
Milk 514
Fish 756
Vegetables 975
Fruit 594
Jam 269
(including Marmalade, Syrup, etc.)
Soup 372
Fruit Juice 153
Puddings 35
Fresh Fruit and Vegetables:
Apples ½ case and 10 lbs.
Almonds 1¼ tons.
Prunes 268 lbs.
Dried Peas 18 lbs.
Dates 16 boxes and 70½ lbs.
Figs 52 lbs. 7½ ozs. and 66 pkts.
Miscellaneous Goods:
Aspro 150 pkts.
Baby Food 1 tin.
Baking Powder 4 tins.
Barley Flakes 13½ lbs.
Barley Patent 1 tin.
Bengers Food 51 tins.
Biscuits 217 lbs.
Blancmange 6 pkts.
Cakes 538 and 22 lbs.
Cake Mixture 240 pkts.
Cereals 250 pkts.
Coffee 1 bottle and 18 tins.
Chocolate Spread 1 carton.
Cocoa, Ovaltine, etc. 7 tins.
Cheese 484 boxes and 46 lbs. 9 ozs.
Cod Liver Oil
Emulsion 5 bottles.
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