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Ruislip-Northwood 1963
[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 5 tons 3 cwts. 3qrs. 23 lbs. were examined in wholesale depots and retail shops as a result of complaints from the Managers, shopkeepers or the public, and were condemned:-
| WHOLESALERS | RETAILERS | TOTALS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh Meat | - lbs | 497¾ lbs | 497¾ lbs |
| Tinned Meat | l,614½ " | 605½ " | 2,220 " |
| Offal | 46½ " | 154 " | 200½ " |
| Tinned Offal | 23¼ " | 18 " | 4l¼ " |
| Sausages | - " | 6 " | 6 " |
| Poultry | 3 " | 41 " | 44 " |
| Tinned Sausages | - " | ½ " | ½ " |
| Bacon | 50 9¾ " | 38½ " | 548¼ " |
| Suet | - " | 9½ " | 9½ " |
| Tinned Fruit | 2,364¾ " | 428¼ " | 2,793 " |
| " Juice | 53½ " | 142 " | 195½ " |
| Soup | 342i " | 12½ " | 355 * |
| Vegetable Juice | 78 " | 36 "" | 114 " |
| Vegetables | 2,511½ " | 45 7¾ " | 2.969¼ " |
| Fish | 73¾ " | 72¼ " | 146 " |
| Cream | 21¼ " | 9¼ " | 30½ " |
| Milk | 923½ " | 27 " | 950½ " |
| Jam | 62¼ " | 12¾ " | 75 " |
| Marmalade | 36 " | 8 " | 44 " |
| Meat Pudding | 17½ " | ½ " | 18 " |
| Pease Pudding | 9½ " | - " | 9½ " |
| Pickles | - " | 4 " | 4 " |
| Meat Pies | 3 " | - " | 3 " |
| Sauces | - " | ½ " | ½ " |
| Tinned Milk Pudding | 180½ " | 20¼ " | 200¾ " |
| Dried Fruit | 58 " | - " | 58 " |
| Tinned Paste | - " | ¼ " | ¼ " |
| Cereal | - " | 11 " | 11 " |
| Fruit Pie Filling | 38¼ " | - " | 38¼ " |
| Biscuits | - " | 1 " | 1 " |
| Fish | - " | 56 " | 56 " |
| Stuffing | - " | 1½ " | l½ " |
| Salad Cream | - " | ¾ " | ¾ " |
| 8, 970½ lbs | 2,672½ lbs | 11,643 lbs. |
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
Details of samples taken by the County Sampling Officers under the above Act within
the Ruislip-Northwood Urban District during the period 1.4.62. to 31.3.63. are, unfortunately,
not obtainable from the Chief Officer, Public Control Department, Middlesex County Council,
as in previous years owing to the pressure of administrative work on his staff in connection
with the Weights and Measures Act, 1963, and the transfer of functions under the London Government
Act, 1963. The report for the above period covering the whole County is, however, available in my
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