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Chigwell 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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b. OTHM UNSOUND FOOD.
Foodstuffs as listed below were examined during the
year and found to be unfit for human consumption. The food was
condemned and disposed of by burial at the Council's refuse tip:-
Beef 695 lbs. Frozen oocls 180 1ba.
Pork 51 " Tinned Meat 155 "
Oxtails (frozen) 46 " Tinned Fruit 45 "
Lamb 62 " Tinned Vegetables 21 "
Rabbits.. 5 " Miscellaneous
Spring Chickens 64" Grocery 71 "
Fish 108 " Coconut Mallows 39 "
Grave Browning 1 gal. 6 pints .
7- FOOD SAMPLES.
(a) Chemical Analysis
76 samples of foodstuffs were purchased and submitted
to the Public Analyst for examination, who reported on these samples,
as follows:-
Satisfactory
Unsatisfactory
Cream
5
-
Milk
41
-
Soup
3
1
Stewed Steak
1

Coffee & Chicory Essence
1
-
Chop Sauce
1
-
Ice Cream
6

Cheese
1
-
Nut Oil
1
-
Luncheon Pork
1
-
Margarine
1

Mix-a-shake
1

Tartare Sauce
1
-
Strained Macaroni and Beef
1

Christmas Pudding
l
-
Cochineal food colour
1

Washed dried mixed fruit
1
Kidney remedy
1

Mincemeat

1
Alfonal
1
Indigestion &. flatulence tablets
1
Salmon spread with butter
1
Crcmcla foam crystals
1

Ground Cinnamon
1
73
3
/b
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