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 Leyton]
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5. HEAT AND FOOD CONDEMNED
Condemnation certificates were issued in respect of the under-mentioned unsound foodstuffs surrendered by various traders in the Borough as result of routine inspection of food premises. The food condemned was destroyed by fire at the Council's Destructor Works.
Commodity | Cwts | Qrs. | Lbs. | Commodity | Units |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meat | 3 | Chickens | 228 | ||
Pish | 3 | 1 | 13 | Turkeys | |
Sausages | 1 | Heart | 1 | ||
Offal | 1 | 0 | Lamb | 1 | |
Ham | - | - | Milk | 185 tins | |
Bacon | - | 3 | 4 | Luncheon meat | 299 " |
Cooked meat | - | - | Soup | 35 " | |
Cheese | - | 2 | 3 | Vegetables | |
Raisins | - | 3 | Fruit | 374 " | |
Prunes | - | - | Pish | 55 " | |
Ham | 24 " | ||||
Cauliflower | 1 cask | ||||
Orange drink | 20 pkts. | ||||
Mussels | 1 bag |
6. SAMPLING
(a) FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 (i) CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Commodity | Taken | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory |
---|---|---|---|
Milk | 15 | 3 | |
Ice Cream | 5 | 1 | |
Ice Lollies | 3 | 3 | - |
Miscellaneous | |||
TOTAL | 138 | 124 | 14 |
(ii) BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
Commodity | Taken | Grade | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
I | II | III | IV | ||
Ice Cream | 10 | 7 | 3 | - | - |
Ice Lollies | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Water | 21 | - | - | - | - |
Miscellaneous | 6 | - | - | - | - |
TOTAL | 40 | 7 | 3 | - | - |
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