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Ruislip-Northwood 1961
[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 4 tons 3 cwts. 3 qrs. were examined
in food warehouses, wholesale depots and retail shops as a result of complaints from the Managers,
shopkeepers or the public, and were condemned:-
225¼ lbs. Meat
1, 663 lbs. Tinned Meat
3 lbs. Offal
16½ lbs. Poultry
1¾ lbs. Sausages (Tinned)
3¾ lbs. Tinned Chicken
215 lbs. Bacon
3, 806 ¼ lbs. Tinned fruit
135¾ lbs. Tinned fruit juice
418¾ lbs. Tinned Soup
59¼ lbs. Tinned Vegetable Juice
1,910¼ lbs. Tinned Vegetables
6¾ lbs. Tinned Vegetable Salads
364 lbs. Tinned Fish
16½ lbs. Tinned Cream
290½ lbs. Tinned Milk
5 lbs. Cheese
118¼ lbs. Jam and Marmalade
13¾ lbs. Tinned Meat Pudding
27¼ lbs. Tinned Milk Pudding
17¾ lbs. Tinned Pease Pudding
21 lbs. Lemon Pie Filling
43¾ lbs. Tinned Baby Foods
1¾ lbs. Pickles
15¾ lbs. Meat Pies
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 Council during the period 1.4. 60 to 31. 3. 61 have been kindly furnished by Mr. A. O'Keefe, Chief Officer, Public Control Department, Middlesex County Council.
| ARTICLE | TOTAL SAMPLES PROCURED | UNSATISFACTORY |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 90 | 1 |
| Butter | 20 | _ |
| Cream | 10 | _ |
| Cheese | 5 | - |
| Drugs | 17 | - |
| Fish and Fish Products | 4 | - |
| Fruit (fresh) | 3 | - |