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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
Wimbledon 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Orange squash | 4 | bottles |
| Ox heads | 1,632 | lbs. |
| Ox liver | 15 | lbs. |
| Peanut butter | 1 | jar |
| Pickles | 15 | jars |
| Preserves | 100 | jars |
| Preserves | 126 | tins |
| Puddings | 30 | tins |
| Puddings (Christmas) | 11 | |
| Raspberry dessert | 1 | packet |
| Rennet | 1 | bottle |
| Salad cream | 5 | jars |
| Sauce | 10 | bottles |
| Sausages | 14 | tins |
| Sausages (Pork) | 16 | lbs. |
| Soup powders | 2 | cartons |
| Soups | 110 | tins |
| Suet | 7 | packets |
| Sweets (confectionery) | 26 | lbs. |
| Swiss rolls | 3 | lbs. |
| Vegetables | 7 | jars |
| Vegetables | 501 | tins |
| Welsh rarebit | 2 | packets |
Where practicable, condemned food was disposed of for animal
feeding. The remainder was incinerated at the Corporation's Refuse
Works.
Legal Proceedings.
One prosecution was taken under the provisions of the Food &
Drugs Act, 1938, Section 3, for the sale of a loaf in which was embedded
a beetle. The defendant pleaded guilty and was fined £5, and costs
amounting to £3. 10s. Od. were awarded against him.
Food & Drugs Act, 1938.
The following samples were purchased during 1953 and were submitted to the Public Analyst, with the results shown:—
| Articles | Total | Formal | Informal | Genuine | Non-Genuine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirin tablets | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Beef steak pudding | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Beef suet | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Blood purifier | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Butter drops | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Buttered almond crunch | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Buttered flavoured ovals | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Butter flavoured almonds | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Butter flavoured dairy sweets | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Butler flavoured sweets | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - |
| Buttermint flavoured sweets | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - |
| Buttermints | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Butterscotch | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - |