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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

Bromley 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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51
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
The war-time control on meat slaughtering continues to
operate. There are five registered and three licensed slaughterhouses
on the register records of the Local Authority. Under
the provisions of the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, the Local
Authority continues to grant annual licenses to slaughtermen.
The following articles of food were surrendered either as unfit
for human food, for destruction, salvage for animal feeding, or
utilised for any authorised process of re-conditioning.

Table: 867 Food Condemnation certificates were issued.

867 Food Condemnation certificates were issued.

Article of Food.QuantityApprox. Weight.(in ibs.)
Canned Meat594 containers1709¼
Canned Milk, milk powder1803 containers41493/4
Canned Fruit322 containers4843/4
Canned Fish501 containers671½
Canned Soup79 containers153/4
Canned Vegetables822 containers9833/4
Meat1827½
Meat (cooked)322
Fish3253
Fruit, dried, etc476½
Vegetables221½
Fats (butter, margarine, lard, cheese)69½
Eggs621/4
Egg powder13 containers43/4
Fluor, flour mixtures526 containers4184
Bread, cake, biscuits764
Cereals, pearl barley, oatmeal, rice499½
Sugar and sweets173
coffee, cocoa15 containers35
Jam, marmalade, syrup249 containers367
Miscellaneous227 containers1381/4
20,412½

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(Total: 9 tons, 2 cwt., 1 qr., 0½ lbs.)
It is a matter for regret that we must report annually that
tons of food have been condemned or otherwise pronounced
unfit for human consumption, especially in these days of
shortage. So many factors are, however, responsible that it