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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
Woolwich 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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The foods examined during 1954 were:-
| Milk | 227 | Gravy | 5 |
| Confectionery | 71 | Fruit Curd | 5 |
| Canned Vegetables | 24 | Honey | 5 |
| Jam | 22 | Dessert Powder | 4 |
| Meat Products | 22 | Cream | 4 |
| Vinegar | 18 | Butter | 4 |
| Sauces | 18 | Breadcrumbs | 4 |
| Dried Fruit | 16 | Baking Powder | 4 |
| Canned Fruit | 14 | Margarine | 4 |
| Soups | 13 | Canned Welsh Rarebit | 4 |
| Flour | 11 | Dried Herbs | 4 |
| Sugar | 11 | Proprietary Medicines | 4 |
| Fish | 11 | Lemonade Powder | 3 |
| Coffee | 10 | Canned Milk Pudding | 3 |
| Cheese Spread | 10 | Cooking Oil | 3 |
| Cooking Fat | 10 | Aspirin Tablets | 3 |
| Fish Paste | 9 | Pearl Barley | 3 |
| Jelly Tablets | 9 | Custard Powder | 3 |
| Cake Mixture | 8 | Fish Cakes | 3 |
| Pickles | 8 | Cornflour | 3 |
| Tea | 8 | Marmalade | 3 |
| Condensed Milk | 8 | Uncooked Pastry | 3 |
| Soft Drinks | 8 | Desiccated Coconut | 3 |
| Rice | 7 | Medicinal Paraffin | 2 |
| Sausages | 7 | Canned Peas | 2 |
| Bread | 7 | Cake Decorations | 2 |
| Pepper | 7 | Chocolate Powder | 2 |
| Biscuits | 6 | Meringue Mixture | 2 |
| Fruit | 6 | Calves Feet Jelly | 2 |
| Spices | 6 | Dripping | 2 |
| Semolina | 6 | Flavouring Essence | 2 |
| Shredded Suet | 6 | Lentils | 2 |
| Stuffing Mixture | 5 | Curry Powder | 2 |
| Proprietary Foods | 5 | Treacle | 2 |
| Tapioca | 5 | Grated Horseradish | 2 |
| Meat Paste | 5 | Angelica | 2 |
| Lard | 5 | Ground Almonds | 2 |
| Others | 62 |
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The following diseases are notifiable in the Borough: Anthrax, Cholera,
Continued Fever, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Encephalitis Lethargica, Erysipelas,
Enteric Fever, Food Poisoning, Glanders, Hydrophobia, Malaria, Measles, Membranous
Croup, Meningococcal Infection (C.S.M.), Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Pneumonia Acute Primary, Pneumonia Acute Influenzal, Poliomyelitis (Acute),
Polioencephalitis (Acute), Plague, Puerperal Pyrexia, Relapsing Fever, Scabies,
Scarlet Fever (or Scarlatina), Smallpox, Tuberculosis (all forms), Typhoid Fever
(including Paratyphoid), Typhus Fever, Whooping Cough and Zymotic Enteritis.
Infectious diseases notified to the Department are visited by the Sanitary
Inspectors at the earliest opportunity and disinfection is carried out wherever
applicable. Where the patient is nursed at home, Sanitary Inspectors visit to see
that home isolation is carried out satisfactorily, and at the end of the infectious
period the bedding, etc., belonging to the patient is removed for treatment at the
Disinfecting Station and the rooms sealed and fumigated.
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