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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
Walthamstow 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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ICE CREAM.
Owing to the war-time restrictions ice cream is not made.
Two samples of "Iced Blanc Mange" were taken and submitted
for analysis under the sale of Food & "rugs Act. This commodity
was sold in a frozen condition similar to ice cream and
subsequently proceedings were taken by the Food Executive Officer.
MEAT AND OTHER FOODS.
Owing to the continued operation of the Live Stock (Restriction
of Slaughtering) Order 1940, no slaughtering has been carried out
at Slaughter Houses during the year.
The following is a list of food condemned as unfit for human consumption. Wherever possible the food was salvaged for animal feeding either through the Salvage Division of the Ministry of Food, or the local Fig Food Scheme
| 197 tins Luncheon Meat | 1 gall. jar Salad Dressing |
| 82 " Chopped Ham | 1 jar Peanut Butter |
| 135 " Sausage Meat | 7 jars Bovril |
| 11 " Lambs Tongue | 3 " Betox |
| 11 " Ox Tongue | 12 " Paste |
| 99 " Stewed Steak | 27 " Pickles |
| 6 " Rabbit | 3 " Piccallili |
| 4 " Corned Beef | 1 bottle Vinegar |
| 3 " Beef Loaf | 1 " Red Cabbage |
| 13 " Prepared Meal | 16 " Sauce |
| 5 " Picnic Roll | 5 " Coffee |
| 16 " Soya Links | 2 " Lenon Squash |
| 59 " Meat & Vegetables | 2 " Custard Flavouring |
| 20 " Braised Pork & Beans | 6 pkts.Pancake Mixture |
| 310 " Beans | 8 " Junket Tablets |
| 42 " Carrots | 4 " Corn Flekes |
| 7 " Beetroot | 23 " Sponge Mixture |
| 17 " Mixed Vegetables | 23 " Semolina Pudding Mixture |
| 373 " Peas | 2 lbs. Lemon Curd |
| 7 " Spaghetti | 58 " Marmalade |
| 41 " Diced Parsnips | 161 " Jam |
| 5 " Scotch Broth | 4 " Golden Syrup |
| 121 " Soup | 372 " Sugar |
| 3 " Spinach Puree | .53 " Dried Prunes |
| 6 " Tomato " | 65 " Apple Rings |
| 4 " Brislings | 90 lbs. Egg Substitute Powder |
| 323 " Pilchards | 484 " Flour |
| 201 " Sardines | 83 " Cake Flour |
| 136 " Salmon | 623 " Biscuits |
| 71 " Herrings | 52 " Cake |
| 10 " Mackerel | 9 " Tea |
| 5 " Crayfish | 6 " Cocoa |
| 10 " Fish Cake Roll | 112 " Spaghetti |
| 1,151 " Condensed Milk | 74½ " Rice |
| 3,709 " Evaporated Milk | 190 " Oats |
| 13 " Dried Milk | 31 " Semolina |
| 34 " Peaches | 344 " Cheese |
| 20 " Rhubarb | 306 " Bacon |
| 395 " Plums | 17 " Margarine |
| 25 " Prunes | 2 " Butter |
| 32 '' Pears | 8 " Cooking Fat |
| 40 " Pineapple | 5½ " Chocolate |
| 7 " Damsons | ¾ " Toffee |
| 2 " Apricots | 68 Bars Butterscotch Toffee |
| 11 " Blackberries | 48 " Plain York Chocolate |
| 11 " Apples | 5 cwt. Figs |
| 8 " Cherries | 8 " Potatoes |
| 4 " Grapefruit | 37 stone Cod Fillets |
| 7 " Gooseberries | 28 " Herrings |
| 4 " Fruit Salad | 27 " Skate |
| 2 " Oranges | 9½ " Coley |
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