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Willesden 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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The following table shows the food certified as unfit for human consumption during the year:—

Table: Table No. 17.Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption, 1943.

Table No. 17.

Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption, 1943.

Meat:Bread, flour and cereals, etc.2,712 lbs.
Bacon668 ½ lbs.Preserves848 „
Cooked142 „Cheese529 „
Tinned11,231 „Butter and fats110½ „
Raw3,004 „Eggs.975
Fish:Tinned Milk3,777 tins
Tinned934 „Soups441½ „
Raw4,416 „Sugar33 lbs.
Vegetables:Dried egg266½ lbs.
Tinned1,051 tinsDried milk431 „
Raw52,867 lbs.Ducks and chickens26
Fruit:Miscellaneous:
Tinned836 tinsAssorted cans549
Raw31 lbs.Assorted goods869

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PUBLIC MORTUARY.
During 1943 bodies were deposited at the Mortuary as follows:—

Table: Table No. 18.

Table No. 18.

From Willesden.From Acton.Total.
Post-Mortems134216350
Post-Mortems and Inquests4276118
Adjourned Inquests61218
Accommodations3—3

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MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL.
The 52nd Annual Report on the Municipal Hospital, written by Dr. Troup, appears later in this Report.
Your obedient Servant,
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.