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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
Kingston upon Thames 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Article of Food. | Reason for Action. | Weight. |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous. | B/Fwd. | 12,472½ lbs. |
| Camembert Cheese | Decomposition | 32½ lbs. |
| Dried Cabbage | „ | 5 „ |
| Tomatoes | „ | 1752 „ |
| Dates | „ | 44 |
| 8 Jars of Fruit | „ | 12 „ |
| 2 „„ Pickles | „ | 2 „ |
| 3 Boxes small Chickens | „ | 180 „ |
| Chickens | „ | 35½ |
| 294 Eggs | „ | |
| Cheese | „ | 12½ „ |
| Australian Blue Vein Cheese | „ | 60 „ |
| 25 Ducks | „ | 85 „ |
| 360 Demi-Sel-Cheeses | „ | 66 „ |
| Gorgonzola Cheese | „ | 22 „ |
| Maltose Syrup | Contaminated by Foreign Matter | 120 „ |
| Marshmallow | „ | 4 „ |
| Stuffing Mixture | „ | 13 „ |
| Lemon Conserve | „ | 28 „ |
| Sultanas | „ | 23 „ |
| Toffee | „ | 7½ „ |
| Artificial Cream | Out of condition | 4½ galls. |
| Bacon Trinmings | Damaged by fire | 308 lbs |
| Christmas Puddings | Damaged by rats (in transit) | 5 „ |
| 142 packets Pudding & Cake Mixture | Deterioration | 79½ „ |
| 4 tins dried Egg | „ | |
| 16 jars Mayonnaise | Deterioration due to storage | |
| Jam | „ | 62 „ |
| Currants | Infested by Moths | 50 „ |
| Rabbits | Deterioration due to breakdown of refrigerat | 45 „ |
| Scraps, bones, etc. | „ | 28 „ |
| 23 pktS. Shredded Suet | Mould | 11½ „ |
| 5 bottles Plums | „ | 8 „ |
| 192 Choeolate covered Sponge Cakes | „ | 8 „ |
| 18 bottles Tomato Ketchup | „ | |
| 15 jars Piceallili | „ | 12 „ |
| 17 „ Mustard | „ | 2½ „ |
| Total | 15,596, 4% galls. | |
(f) Food Hygiene„
During the year your Inspectors continued to give
a large measure of attention to premises in which food is
produced or prepared and although in a matter of this kinds
one can never afford to be satisfied, nevertheless it is true
to say that the hygienic standard of food preparation
kitchens and premises in Kingston is high and may be favourably
compared with other towns. These results have not been
achieved by any spectacular Pood Trade Guild Scheme or
similar action but, as I have indicated from time to time.
they are due to the continuous hard work put into this
particular section of the work by the sanitary inspectors,
particularly since the end of the war, and to the cooperation
of the traders.