London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1954
[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 consumption. The method of disposal of this
condemned food was mainly by incineration at the Council's Refuse
Destructor Works. In one or two instances of relatively larger
quantities, it was found possible to arrange salvage for purposes
other than food :
Fish 25 stone
Carcase Meat 2,098 lbs.
Offal 161 lbs.
Rabbits 206 lbs.
Sausages 208 lbs.
Bacon 56 lbs.
Liver Sausage and Black Pudding 9 lbs.
Canned Meats (various) 655 lbs.
Canned Foods (various) 2,063 cans
Meat Pies 13
Butter 6 lbs.
Cheese 84 lbs.
Processed Cheese 41 cartons
Cake 53 lbs.
Cake Mixture 5 packets
Biscuits 14 lbs.
Cereals 35 lbs.
Fruit (Dried) 30 lbs.
Fruit (Bottled) 21 bottles
Jam and Marmalade 91 lbs.
Tea 12 lbs.
Calves Foot Jelly 5 jars
Pickles 13 jars
Fish and Meat Paste 8 jars
Sweets ½ lb.
Christmas Pudding 2 lbs.
Frozen Foods (meat, vegetables and
fruit) 160 packets
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