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Ruislip-Northwood 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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MEAT AND OTHER FOODS
There are no slaughterhouses or wholesale meat depots in
this District.
The following items of foodstuffs, amounting to 13 cwts.
1 qr. 23 lbs., were examined in retail shops as a result of
complaints from the shopkeepers or the public, and were
condemned: -
499½ lbs. Meat
446 lbs. Tinned Meat
150y4 lbs. Offal
194¼ lbs. Tinned Fruit
3¾ lbs. Tinned Fruit Juice
8½ lbs. Soup
5 lbs. Tinned Chicken
73¼ lbs. Tinned Vegetables
7¾ lbs. Tinned Cream
21¾ lbs. Tinned Fish
76¼ lbs. Tinned Milk
½ lb. Cheese
14 ¾lbs. Jam
6 lbs. Miscellaneous Items
The following details of samples taken by the County Sampling Officers under the above Act within the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District during the period 1.4.57 to 31.3.58 have been kindly furnished by Mr. John A. O'Keefe, Chief Officer, Public Control Department, Middlesex County Council.
| ARTICLE | TOTAL SAMPLES PROCURED | UNSATISFACTORY |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (Various) | 88 | - |
| Butter | 18 | - |
| Cream | 22 | - |
| Drugs | 24 | - |
| Fish and Fish Products. | 17 | - |
| Fruit - Fresh, Canned and Drie | id 10 | 2 |
| Ice Cream | 18 | - |
| Liver | 25 | - |
| Margarine | 8 | - |
| Meat and Meat Products. | 24 | - |
| Non-Brewed Condiment | 3 | - |
| Sausages | 4 | - |
| Spirits | 4 | - |
| Sweets | 9 | 2 |
| V inegar | 20 | - |
| Miscellaneous | 13 | 1 |
| TOTALS 307 | 5 | |