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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
Ruislip-Northwood 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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The following items of foodstuffs amounting to 1 ton
7 cwts. 3 qrs. 11¼ lbs., were examined in retail shops as a
result of complaints from the shopkeepers or the public, and
were condemned:-
1,020 lbs. Meat
407¾ lbs. Tinned Meat
131 lbs. Offal
17 lbs. Sausages
27¾ lbs. Poultry
10 lbs. Rabbit
56 lbs. Dried Fruit
515¼ lbs. Tinned Fruit
33¾ lbs. Tinned Fruit Juice
95 lbs. Soup
18 lbs. Pickles Sauces etc.
239½ lbs. Tinned Vegetables
351 lbs. Fish
17¼ lbs. Tinned Fish
113¾ lbs. Tinned Milk
54 lb. Cheese
1¾ lbs. Cereals
6 lbs. Marmalade
1½ lbs. Jam
1¼ lbs. Tinned Pudding
6 lbs. Confectionery
½ lb. Coffee
64 lbs. Flour
1 lb. Miscellaneous Items
14. FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
The following details of samples taken by the County Sampling Officers under the above Act within the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District during the period 1.4.55 to 31.3.56 have been kindly furnished by Mr. John A, 0' Keefe, Chief Officer, Public Control Department, Middlesex County Council.
| ARTICLE | TOTAL SAMPLES PROCURED | UNSATISFACTORY |
|---|---|---|
| Milk, various | 87 | — |
| Butter | 10 | — |
| Cakes | 12 | 1 |
| Cooked Meat | 7 | — |
| Cooking Oil | 9 | — |
| Cream | 20 | 1 |
| Drugs | 9 | — |
| Fruit canned | 8 | — |
| Ice Cream | 13 | — |
| Jelly | 2 | — |
| Margarine | 4 | — |
| Meat and neat products | 18 | — |
| Sausages etc. | 23 | — |
| Sweets | 8 | — |
| Vinegar | 12 | — |
| Wines and spirits | 12 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 10 | — |
| TOTALS | 264 |