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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
Southgate 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Food Inspection
The following is a summary of the food condemned during the year as unfit for human consumption. This was disposed of wherever possible as salvage:
| Fish | 96 stone |
| Carcase Meat | 1,051 lbs. |
| Sausages | 81 lbs. |
| Rabbits | 48 lbs. |
| Poultry | 5 lbs. |
| Canned Corned Beef | 387 lbs. |
| Canned Corned Mutton | 2 lbs. |
| Canned Luncheon Meat | 64 lbs. |
| Canned Cooked Ham | 1,510 lbs. |
| Canned Food (various) | 2,289 cans |
| Cheese | 19 lbs. |
| Butter | 5 lbs. |
| Processed Cheese | 18 lbs. |
| Cake | 29 lbs. |
| Cake Flour | 117 lbs. |
| Pudding Mixture | 74 Packets |
| Flour | 3 lbs. |
| Biscuits | 8 lbs. |
| Cereals | 38 lbs. |
| Dried Fruit | 30 lbs. |
| Jams | 132 lbs. |
| Apricot Pulp | 20 lbs. |
| Salad Dressing | 5 jars |
| Pastes and Pickles | 85 jars |
| Sweets | 102 lbs. |
Post-Mortem Inspection of Animals
No slaughtering of animals took place in the Borough during
1951.
Milk Regulations and Milk Sampling
During 1951, 83 samples of milk, as against 88 in 1950, were
obtained and submitted for bacteriological examination. Of the 83
samples taken, two were found to be unsatisfactory. The unsatisfactory
samples were of pasteurised milk from a dairy firm with a
distributing depot in this Borough. It was found on investigation
that the milk was purchased already pasteurised and bottled from
a wholesale dairy firm outside the Borough. The wholesale dairy
firm were informed of the unsatisfactory samples and, in the
course of their investigation into the matter, invited the Chief
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