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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Meat and Other Foods
There is no slaughterhouse in the Borough.
The following is a summary of food surrendered and condemned as being unfit for human consumption. Where possible, the food was salvaged.
| 255 tins Evaporated Milk | 14 pkts. Chicken Quarters |
| 13 tins Pull Cream Milk | 18 pkts. Chicken |
| 3 tins Skimmed Milk | 84 pkts. Steak & Kidney Pie |
| 50 tins Cream | 6 pkts. Cheeseburgers |
| 818 tins Soup | 12 pkts. Dinners |
| 392 tins Strained Foods | 107 pkts. Plaice |
| 5 tins Veal | 17 pkts. Scampi |
| 55 tins Steak | 25 pkts. Fish Cakes |
| 3 tins Steak & Kidney Pie | 166 pkts. Fish Fingers |
| 7 tins Chicken Snacks | 1 pkt. Roe |
| 3 tins Irish Stew | 28 pkts. Haddocks |
| 20 tins Sweet Puddings | 26 pkts. Kippers |
| 242 tins Creamed Rice | 56 pkts. Cod Steaks |
| 11 tins Macaroni | 5 pkts. Lemon Sole |
| 11 tins Pie Pilling | 5 pkts. Herrings |
| 273 tins Prunes | 31 pkts. Broad Beans |
| 99 tins Pineapple | 51 pkts. Spinach |
| 154 tins Peaches | 103 pkts. Sliced Beans |
| 118 tins Pears | 7 pkts. Sweet Corn |
| 89 tins Mandarin Oranges | 358 pkts. Peas |
| 24 tins Grapefruit | 9 pkts. Brocolli |
| 75 tins Fruit Salad | 19 pkts. Mixed Vegetable |
| 9 tins Plums | 41 pkts. Brussel Sprouts |
| 1 tin Raspberries | 47 pkts. Chips |
| 111 tins Cherries | 14 pkts. Raspberries |
| 1 tin Blackcurrants | 1 pkt. Strawberries |
| 2 tins Gooseberries | 10 pkts. Cream Sponge |
| 174 tins Loganberries | 41 pkts. Pastry |
| 8 tins Grapefruit Juice | 11 pkts. Sausage Rolls |
| 166 tins Orange Juice | 21 pkts. Eclairs |
| 10 tins Pineapple Juice | 36 pkts. Lemon Mousse |
| 9 tins Beans/Sausage | 332¾ lb. Luncheon Meat |
| 12 tins Beans/Pork | 318¾ lb. Chopped Pork |
| 569 tins Baked Beans | 2¼ lb. Minced Beef Loaf |
| 1 tin Curried Beans | 655¼ lb. Corned Beef |
| 18 tins Butter Beans | 6 lb. Corned Mutton |
| 123 tins Spaghetti | 57 lb. Pork (tinned) |
| 309 tins Peas | 92¼ lb. Pork |
| 8 tins Broad Beans | 42 lb. Lamb |
| 15 tins Carrots | 77¼ lb. Ham (tinned) |
| 3 tins Potato Salad | 77½ lb. Ham |
| 3 tins Vegetable Salad | 56½ lb. Jellied Veal |
| 13 tins Macedoine | 279½ lb. Beef |
| 2 tins Beetroot | 3 3¾ lb. Chicken |