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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 CheeseDecomposition32½ lbs.
Dried Cabbage5 „
Tomatoes1752 „
Dates44
8 Jars of Fruit12 „
2 „„ Pickles2 „
3 Boxes small Chickens180 „
Chickens35½
294 Eggs
Cheese12½ „
Australian Blue Vein Cheese60 „
25 Ducks85 „
360 Demi-Sel-Cheeses66 „
Gorgonzola Cheese22 „
Maltose SyrupContaminated by Foreign Matter120 „
Marshmallow4 „
Stuffing Mixture13 „
Lemon Conserve28 „
Sultanas23 „
Toffee7½ „
Artificial CreamOut of condition4½ galls.
Bacon TrinmingsDamaged by fire308 lbs
Christmas PuddingsDamaged by rats (in transit)5 „
142 packets Pudding & Cake MixtureDeterioration79½ „
4 tins dried Egg
16 jars MayonnaiseDeterioration due to storage
Jam62 „
CurrantsInfested by Moths50 „
RabbitsDeterioration due to breakdown of refrigerat45 „
Scraps, bones, etc.28 „
23 pktS. Shredded SuetMould11½ „
5 bottles Plums8 „
192 Choeolate covered Sponge Cakes8 „
18 bottles Tomato Ketchup
15 jars Piceallili12 „
17 „ Mustard2½ „
Total15,596, 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.