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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
Chigwell 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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5. 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 incineration or by burial at the Council's refuse tip:-
Meat 156.46 kg Flour 110.12 kg
Poultry 75.60 kg Cereals 7.36 kg
Bacon 19.08 kg Biscuits 138.70 kg
Offal 50.60 kg Preserves 33.60 kg
Fish 90.67 kg Salt 15.87 kg
Tinned meat 60.22 kg Miscellaneous
" fruit 271.46 kg groceries 56.51 kg
" vegetables 270.81 kg Fruit juices 9.96 litre
6. FOOD SAMPLES.
(a) Chemical Analysis:
200 samples of foodstuffs were submitted to the Public Analyst for examination, who reported on the samples, as follows:-
| Submitted | Unsatisfactory | |
|---|---|---|
| Almond flavouring essence | 1 | - |
| Apple and lemon stuffing | 1 | - |
| Baby dinner | 1 | - |
| Baked beans with sausage | 1 | - |
| Beans in tomato sauce | 1 | - |
| Baked beans | 3 | - |
| Biscuits | 1 | - |
| Blancmange powder | 2 | - |
| *Bread | 3 | 3 |
| Bread sauce mix | 1 | - |
| Butter | 11 | - |
| Butter beans | 1 | - |
| *Cake | 1 | 1 |
| Carrots | 1 | - |
| *Cheese | 4 | 2 |
| Cheese filled ravioli | 1 | - |
| Cheese nuts | 1 | - |
| Chicken supreme | 1 | - |
| Chocolate cake covering | 1 | - |
| Chocolate spread | 1 | - |
| Chopped ham loaf | 1 | - |
| Chopped pork and ham | 1 | - |
| Coffee | 1 | - |
| Condensed milk | 3 | - |
| Cream | 9 | - |
| *Crumpets | 1 | 1 |
| Cucumber spread | 1 | - |
| Dairy topping | 1 | - |
| *Dessert | 2 | 1 |
| Dessert whirl | 1 | - |
| Dressed crab | 1 | - |
| Dried mixed vegetables | 1 | - |
| 61 | 8 | |