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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The following is a list of foods surrendered in 1957 because of
unsound conditions:—
Fish Fresh
12 stone
Fish Tinned
Salmon 2 tins
Crab 3 tins
Pilchards 4 tins
Sardines 1 tin
Shrimps 1 tin
fruit, Tinned
Cherries 6 tins
Plums 27 tins
Pineapples 42 tins
Peaches 22 tins
Apricots 6 tins
Oranges 9 tins
Pears 6 tins
Loganberries 2 tins
Gooseberries 1 tin
Strawberries 7 tins
Grapefruit 4 tins
Fruit Salad 10 tins
Fruit Dried
Prunes 90 lbs.
Vegetables, Tinned
Peas 20 tins
Beans 15 tins
Tomatoes 33 tins
Potato Salad 1 tin
Carrots 2 tins
Meat, Tinned
Luncheon Meat 77 tins
Meat Loaf 2 tins
Corned Beef 279 tins
Ham 24 tins
Stewed Steak 2 tins
Ox Tongue 101 tins
Jellied Veal 1 tin
Meat, Fresh
Pork 54 lbs.
Lamb 4652 lbs.
Veal 33 lbs.
York Ham 19 lbs.
Beef 819 lbs.
Sausages 14 lbs.
Liver 23½ lbs.
Bacon 100 lbs.
Bovine Plucks 6 lbs.
Part Sow Carcase 1130 lbs.
Miscellaneous
Milk, tinned 8 tins
Cereals 1 tin
Soup 6 tins
Tarn & Marmalade 11 tins
Spaghetti 3 tins
Tomato Juice 1 tin
Semolina 28 lbs.
Pickles 2 jars
Jelly 6 tins
Ginger 1 tin
Horseradish relish 2 jars
Mint sauce 1 jar
Porridge Oats 1½ lbs.
Babies Food 66 tins
Dried Milk 56 lbs
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