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Orpington 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]

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Food and Drugs Act, 1955—Section 16.
Two hundred and twenty-six shops and food premises have
been registered under the above Act, as under :—
Ice Cream Stores 179
Fish Shops 7
Butchers' Shops 39
Fish and Meat Paste Factory 1
226
Unsound Food.
During the year a total of 16 tons 8 cwts. 5 lbs. of varied
articles of food were condemned and destroyed and 548 Food Condemnation
Certificates were issued.
70 lbs. Bacon
14 lbs. Biscuits
19 lbs. Butter
47 lbs. Cereals
100 lbs. Cheese
149 lbs. Chickens
4 lbs. Coffee
7 lbs. Cordials
2 lbs. Cream
105 lbs. Fish
46 lbs. Fish (tinned)
6 lbs. Flour
732 lbs. Fruit (tinned)
5,764 lbs. Fruit
2 lbs. Fruit (dried)
14 lbs. Kidneys
10 lbs. Liver
48 lbs. Margarine
1,120 lbs. Meat (tinned )
357 lbs. Meat
3 lbs. Meat Pies
131 lbs. Milk (tinned)
6 lbs. Pickles
77 lbs. Preserves
110 lbs. Sausages
3 lbs. Sauces
115 lbs. Soups
1 lb. Suet
2 lbs. Sugar
1 lb. Sweets
335 lbs. Vegetables (tinned)
27,341 lbs. Vegetables