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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| 5 „ Salmon | 1 „ Kidneys |
| 4 „ Brisling | 1 „ Minced Meat Loaf |
| 2 „ Sardines | 1 „ Steak Pudding |
| 1 tin Lobster | 1 „ Steak and Kidney |
| 1 „ Crayfish | 1 „ Rabbit |
| 1 „ Herrings | 693 lbs. Corned Beef |
| 1 „ Tuna Fish | 372 „ Ham (tinned) |
| 29 stone Whiting | 96 „ Jellied Veal (tinned) |
| 17½ „ Skate | 84 ,, Pork (tinned) |
| 4½ „ Plaice | 20 „ Lamb's Livers (tinned) |
| 4¼ „ Roe | 10 ,, Brisket (tinned) |
| 2 „ Kippers | 2362 „ Beef |
| 10 bags Mussels | 1278 „ Bacon |
| 226 tins Luncheon Meat | 294 „ Ox Cheeks |
| 67 „ Stewed Steak | 260 „ Pork |
| 29 „ Beef Loaf | 91 „ Pigs' Hearts |
| 15 „ Sausages | 15 „ Sausages |
| 13 „ Mutton | 8 „ Pigs* Kidneys |
| 6 „ Beef | 4½ „ Liver |
| 5 „ Brawn | 4½ „ Kidney Fat |
| 4 „ Meat Pudding | 4½ „ Beef Suet |
| 3 „ Meat & Gravy | 4 Meat Pies |
| 2 „ Pork | 11 Chickens |
| 2 „ Steak & Onions | 9 Turkeys |
Shellfish, Jellied Eels and Cooked Meats.
The following samples were taken during the year for
bacteriological examination:—
Mussels 4
Jellied Eels 13
Cooked Meats 12
As a result of this sampling a certain improvement in the
standard of these articles of food was obtained.
Sampling of Cooked Meats.
As the amounts of cooked meats exposed for sale to the public
has increased very considerably recently, the Council decided that
sampling of these products should be carried out. These samples
were to ascertain whether the products are:—
(1) suitable for food,
(2) manufactured under clean conditions,
(3) subject to contamination after manufacture,
(4) properly stored before being sold to the public,
(5) handled under hygienic conditions.
Sampling was commenced on 24th November, 1954, and up
to the end of the year a total of 12 samples had been taken.