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Willesden 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table No. 18.

Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption, 1945.

Meat:TotalsTotals
Bacon218 lbs.Cheese248½ lbs.
Cooked22 „Butter and Fats217 „
Tinned11,511 „Eggs2,918
Raw2,230½ „Tinned Milk3,741 tins
Fish :Soups129 „
Tinned2,790 tinsMiscellaneous :
Raw5,245 lbs.Egg Powder395 lbs.
Vegetables :Tea45½ „
Tinned3,535 tinsSweets813| „
Raw1,913 lbs.Trifles120
Fruit:Sugar816 „
Tinned154 tinsMeat Pies144
Raw3,181 lbs.Rabbits239
Bread, Flour and Cereals, etc.2,921½ „Sausages24 lbs.
Preserves798 „Cream Powder112 „

PUBLIC MORTUARY. During 1945 bodies were deposited at the Mortuary as follows :—

Table No. 19.

From Willesden.From Acton.Total.
Post-mortems115168283
Post-mortems and Inquests6769136
Adjourned Inquests131124
Accommodations3—3

MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL.
The 54th Annual Report on the Municipal Hospital appears later in this Report.
Your obedient Servant,
GEORGE F. BUCHAN,
Medical Officer of Health.