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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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| Wearing apparel—Making, etc. | 48 |
| The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper | 6 |
| Household linens and furnishings | 3 |
| Total | 57 |
I nspection of F oods, etc.
| .Meat Shops | 85 |
| Bakehouses | 35 |
| Fishmongers | 135 |
| Grocers | 133 |
| Restaurants and Cafes | 109 |
| Dairies and Milk Shops | 7 |
| Greengrocers | 10 |
| Fish Fryers | 5 |
| Ice Cream Premises | 110 |
| Hotels and Boarding Houses | 12 |
| Total | 641 |
Section E. Food and Drugs Act, 1938
One hundred and thirty samples of food were submitted to the Public
Analyst. It is again pleasing to record that adulterations were low, there
being only one case of note.
A sample of sausages purchased from one of the smaller multiple
stores showed a deficiency of meat to the extent of 20 per cent. This
sample being an informal one, a second and formal one was obtained, which
showed a deficiency of 10 per cent. This latter sample was purchased in
December and the Certificate of the Public Analyst was received too late
for the Committee to deal with in 1949.
The following is a list of the food samples analysed during the year, together with the number of samples of each kind obtained:—
| Sausages | 3 | Bacon | 9 |
| Butter | 9 | Cheese | 9 |
| Margarine | 9 | Tinned Grapes | 1 |
| poking Fat | 9 | Pearl Barley | 1 |
| Sogar | 10 | Oatmeal | 1 |
| Rice | 4 | Meat Pie | 1 |
| Jam | 8 | Suet | 1 |
| Saccharin | 1 | Salad Cream | 1 |
| Tea | 8 | Ice Cream | 20 |