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 Chigwell]
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48 visits have been made to restaurants and cafes.
Other food shops and stalls to which 227 visits
have been made have been well conducted.
The following food stuffs were inspected and
found unsound or unfit for human oonsumption. Some
items were returned to suppliers for reprocessing,
others disposed of for animal food, or for manufacturing
purposes and the remainder destroyed.
FISH
Dog fish: stones 20
Haddocks: ,, 58
Pilchards: tins 26
Mackerel: „ 1
Ling fillets: stones 18
Fish cakes: tins 3
Crabs: tins 3
,, stones 26
,, lbs. 40
116
Hake: tins 3
Crawfish: tins 1
Fish balls: tins 1
Plums: tins 18
Apricots: tins 5
Damsons: tins 2
Grapefruit: tins 1
Dates: lbs. 80
Megrims: stones 5
Skate: ,, 22
Salmon: tins 24
Mackerel: stones 12
Haddock liver: tins 2
Herrings: stones 21
Whiting: stones 12, tins 2
Herring tit-bits: tins l½ oz.
Turbot: stones 3 [1600
Sardines: tins 9
Eels: tins 1
Lobsters: lbs. 64
Sea bream: stones 34
FRUIT
Peaches: tins 8
Apples: tins 1, lbs. 20
Fruit salad: tins 6
Prunes: lbs. 42
MEAT
Corned beef: tins 6 lbs.102
„ ,, 12oz.l49
Stewed steak: tins 32
Meat and vegetable: tins 10
Luncheon Meat: tins 8
Ox Tongue: tins 61b. 3
Bacon: tins 2
Minced beef loaf: tins 2
Roast beef: tins 2
Steak and kidney: tins 6
Chopped Ham: tins 1
Sausages: tins 20, lbs. 7i
Corned beef hash: tins 1
Bacon : lbs. 11½
20