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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The following is a list of foods surrendered in 1956 because of
unsound conditions:
Meat, Tinned
Fish, Fresh Luncheon Meat 38 tins
7 stone Meat Loaf 4 tins
Corned Beef 52 tins
Fish, Tinned Ham 1 tin
Salmon 4 tins Stewed Steak 3 tins
Lobsters 12 tins Ox Tongue 1 tin
Pilchards 3 tins Lambs' Livers 9 tins
Sardines 1 tin Jellied Veal 1 tin
Fruit, Tinned Meat, Fresh
Cherries 1 tin Ox Tongues 12 lbs.
Plums 5 tins Ox Cheek 14 lbs.
Pineapples 22 tins Pigs' Heads 47 lbs.
Peaches 23 tins Beef 252 lbs.
Apricots 29 tins Pork Sausages 1 lb.
Oranges 10 tins Liver 210 lbs.
Pears 4 tins Bacon 8 lbs.
Raspberries 7 tins Kidney 1 lb.
Gooseberries 7 tins
Strawberries 5 tins Miscellaneous
Grapefruit 4 tins Milk, Tinned 43 tins
Blackberries 3 tins Milk, Fresh 13 pints
Cakes 13 No.
Fruit, Dried Cereals 2 pkts.
Currants 12 pkts. Soup 12 tins
Fruit Pie Filling 2 tins
Vegetables, Tinned Mixed Fruit Pudding 2 tins
Peas 30 tins Jam and Marmalade 8 jars
Beans 18 tins Spaghetti 2 tins
Tomatoes 87 tins Sandwich Spread 1 jar
Tomato Juice 4 tins
Semolina 1 pkt.
Pickles 9 jars
Jelly 1 pkt.
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