Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following is a summary of food surrendered and condemned as being unfit for human consumption. Where possible, the food was salvaged.
| 457 tins | Evaporated Milk | 1 tin | Ox Tongue |
| 19 ,, | Full Cream Milk | 1 „ | Chicken |
| 9 „ | Skimmed Milk | 2 tins | Chicken Paste |
| 6 „ | Cream | 1 tin | Frankfurters |
| 8 „ | Goats Milk | 2 tins | Sausages |
| 1 tin | Milk Beverage | 2 „ | Sauerkraut |
| 15 tins | Baby Food | 14 „ | Broth |
| 24 „ | Peaches | 146 „ | Soup |
| 8 „ | Grapefruit | 7 „ | Marmalade |
| 110 „ | Pineapple | 2 „ | Jam |
| 72 „ | Plums | 8 „ | Sandwich Spread |
| 109 „ | Cherries | 1 tin | Lemon Curd |
| 7 „ | Rhubarb | 2 tins | Honey |
| 1 tin | Raspberries | 1 tin | Plum Pie Filling |
| 5 tins | Gooseberries | 44 lb. | Apricot Pulp (tinned) |
| 55 „ | Oranges | 6 „ | Fruit Pie Filling (tinned) |
| 10 „ | Prunes | 2378 „ | Beef |
| 17 „ | Apricots | 52 „ | Pork |
| 11 „ | Strawberries | 339 „ | Ham (tinned) |
| 16 „ | Fruit Salad | 36 „ | Pork (tinned) |
| 10 „ | Blackberries | 629 „ | Corned Beef |
| 10 „ | Grapefruit Juice | 89 „ | Pigs Kidneys |
| 1 tin | Orange Juice | 150 „ | Sheeps Liver |
| 2 tins | Pineapple Juice | 18 „ | Jellied Veal |
| 1 tin | Lemon Juice | 72 „ | Minced Pork |
| 408 tins | Peas | 31 „ | Ox Liver |
| 172 „ | Beans | 7 „ | Dried Fruit Salad |
| 2 „ | Macedoine | 287 „ | Prunes |
| 29 „ | Creamed Rice | 180 „ | Apples |
| 1 tin | Asparagus | 1 | Desiccated Coconut |
| 2 tins | Vegetable Salad | 7 „ | Tomato Puree (tinned) |
| 20 „ | Spaghetti | 25 „ | Dried Fruit |
| 11 „ | Beetroot | 28 „ | Rice |
| 30 „ | Carrots | 168 „ | Dried Potato |
| 116 „ | Tomatoes | 4050 „ | Onions |
| 5 „ | Tomato Juice | 59 „ | Flour |
| 38 „ | Pease Pudding | 54 „ | Cheese |
| 1 tin | Mushrooms | 16 stone | Skate |
| 73 tins | Pilchards | 6 „ | Whiting |
| 4 „ | Tuna Fish | 1 „ | Kippers |
| 1 tin | Brisling | 3½ „ | Crabs |
| 9 tins | Crab | 7½ „ | Dogfish |
| 5 „ | Sardines | 3 „ | Cod |
| 2 „ | Crawfish | 3½ „ | Haddock |
| 1 tin | Roes | 4 „ | Fish Pieces |
| 4 tins | Herrings | 20 lb. | Coley Fillets |
| 6 „ | Salmon | 14 botts. | Sauce |
| 175 „ | Luncheon Meat | 8 „ | Pickles |
| 25 „ | Beef Loaf | 5 Fairy | Cakes |
| 56 „ | Steak | 1 Fruit | Cake |
| 1 tin | Brisket | 21 Honeycomb | Balls |
| 1 „ | Stewed Mutton | 3 packets | Jelly |
| 1 „ | Minced Loaf | 50 Chickens | |
| 5 tins | Chopped Pork |