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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Tabulated List of Condemned Foodstuffs showing causes for condemnation and the Weights.
| Article of Food. | Reason for Action. | Weight. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lbs. | lbs. | |||
| Raw Meat | ||||
| Bovine | Decomposition | 1,304½ | ||
| Ovine | „ | 89½ | ||
| Porcine | „ | 247 | ||
| Total quantity of raw meat | 1,641 | |||
| Raw Fish | Decomposition | 210 | ||
| Poultry,, Game. etc. Chickens | „ | 27 | ||
| Canned Goods | ||||
| Meat and Meat Products | 844¼ | |||
| Fruit | 75l¼ | |||
| Jam | Punctured, | |||
| Vegetables | Blown, Damaged, | 172¼ | ||
| Milk | Decomposition. | 112 | ||
| Soup | 26 | |||
| Fish and Fish Paste | 14¾ | |||
| Others | 23¾ | 1,981 | ||
| Dried Fruit | 1,240½ | |||
| Food in glass containers | ||||
| Jams and Preserves | Glass contamination, | 6o | ||
| Pickles and Pastes | Mould, Deterioration. | 8½ | 68½ | |
| Other Foods condemned for Various Reasons. | ||||
| Cereals | 3½ | |||
| Sausages | 95 | |||
| Cheese | 107 | |||
| Vermicelli | 22 | |||
| Flour | 28 | |||
| Mussels | 56 | |||
| Butter Sultana Cake | 72 | |||
| Sprouts | 20 | |||
| Assorted Foodstuffs (Canned, glass containers, packets, etc.) | 112 | |||
Approximately 2 tons of unsound food were disposed of by
incineration at the refuse destructor of the Merton and Morden
Urban District Council,. The remainder was made in a condition
that recovery was impossible and placed with normal house
refuse for disposal at the controlled tip.
(f) Food Hygiene.
Food Hygiene Regulations. 1955. Certain of these Regulations
came into force on the 1st January, 1956 and the remainder, which
related to structural requirements, "became enforceable six months
later.