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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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MILK SAMPLING
The number of samples taken during the year is as follows:-
Pasteurised 13
Tuberculin Tested Pasteurised 11
Raw bulk milk (Tuberculin Tested) 7
Sterilised 1
In addition, 60 samples of bottle rinses were taken during the year.
CONDEMNATION OF FOOD.
The amount of foodstuffs condemned during the year shows little change from 1954.
A large proportion of the food condemned in the Hendon area is accounted for by
the fact that a multiple firm has a central distributing depot within the Borough
serving many branches throughout London.
Condemned foodstuffs are disposed of by incineration at the Council's Refuse
Disposal Works.
| 1,885 lb. 4 oz. (including:- Beef, Lamb, Offal, Salt Beef, Sausages) | ||
| 272 lb. Cooked Meat and 3 Chickens. | ||
| 32 st. 3 1b. 4 oz. (including:- Catfish, Cod, Halibut, Kippers Lugs, Roe, Skate, Whiting) | ||
| Meat | 376 | |
| Milk | 224 | |
| Fruit | 932 | |
| Vegetables | 875 | |
| Soup | 183 | |
| Fish | 252 | |
| Jam | 97 | |
| Fruit Juice | 73 | |
| Tomato Juice | 9 | |
| Ham | 37 (454 1b. 5 oz.) | |
| Dates | 7 1b. | |
| Dried Fruit | 46 1b. | |
| Dried Peas | 2 1b. | |
| Ground Almonds | ¾ lb. | |
| Nuts | 4 1b. and 12 boxes | |
| Prunes | 194 1b. 9 oz. | |
| Currants | 7 1b. | |
| Baby Food | 98 tins | |
| Biscuits | 43¼ 1b. | |
| Blancmange Powder | 3 pkts. | |
| Bread Rolls | 1 pkt. | |