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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

Willesden 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 18.Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption, 1946.

Table No. 18.

Table Showing Food Certified as Unfit for Human Consumption, 1946.

Meat:TotalsTotals
Bacon283 lbs.Tinned Milk7,195 tins
Cooked43 „Soups625 „
Tinned3,505 „Miscellaneous :
Raw1,685 „Tea93/4 lbs.
Fish :Sweets14 „
Tinned1,867 tinsSugar671 „
Raw5,418 lbsMeat Pies5
Vegetables :Rabbits1,113
Tinned6,738 tinsChocolate6½ „
Raw112 lbs.Dates1,218 „
Fruit:Porage Oats28 pkts.
Tinned849 tinsBiscuits54 lbs.
Raw169 lbs.Fish Cakes60 „
Bread, Flour and Cereals, etc.5,431 „Treacle Puddings30 „
Preserves819 „Meat Pies106 „
Cheese297 „Yeast448 „
Butter and Fats40 ,,Chicken113 „
Eggs4,730Ducks12 „

Table: Table No. 19.Factories with Mechanical Power.

Table No. 19.

Factories with Mechanical Power.

Primary Inspections169
Notices10
ProsecutionsNil
Abated6
Factories without Power.
Primary Inspections57
Notices2
Abated2
Work Places (other than Outworkers), including Building Operations.
Primary Inspections51
NoticesNil

Table: PUBLIC MORTUARY.During 1946 bodies were deposited at the Mortuary as follows :—

PUBLIC MORTUARY.

During 1946 bodies were deposited at the Mortuary as follows :—

From Willesden.From Acton.Total.
Post-mortems27269341
Post-mortems and Inquests8331114
Adjourned Inquests19322
Accommodations1-1

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MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL.
The 55th Annual Report on the Municipal Hospital appears later in this Report.
Your obedient Servant,
S. LEFF,
Medical Officer of Health.