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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The following is a list of food surrendered in 1960 because of unsound conditions:-
| 140 lbs. | |||
| Chicken | 13 lbs. | ||
| Beef | 297 lbs. | Egg | 32 lbs. |
| Lambs Livers | 10 lbs. | Miscellaneous | 489 pkts. |
| Pigs Livers | 156 lbs. | ||
| 336 tins | |||
| Ham | 139 lbs. | ||
| Beans | 28 lbs. | Chicken | 52 lbs. |
| Dried Peas | 25 lbs. | Corned Beef | 198 lbs. |
| White Flour | 15 lbs. | Steak & Kidney Pudding 19 lbs. | |
| Cochineal Colouring | 1½ lb. | Luncheon Meat | 33 lbs. |
| Cream Parmesan Cheese | Ox Tongues | 33 lbs. | |
| 183 lbs. | Jellied Veal | 12 lbs. | |
The list of food sampled is given below:-
| Apple Tart | 1 | Lard | 1 |
| Bacon | 1 | Lemon Juice | 1 |
| Blackcurrant Drink | 1 | Liver Sausage | 1 |
| Blackcurrant Tarts | 1 | Luncheon Sausage | 1 |
| Black Grape Jelly | 1 | Malt Vinegar | 1 |
| Brawn | 1 | Marzipan | 1 |
| Butter | 5 | Mavonnaise | 1 |
| Cheese & Celery Spread | 1 | Milk | 6 |
| Chicken and Lentils | 1 | "Milkie" loaf | 1 |
| Chocolate Blancmange | 1 | Milk Shake Cordial— | |
| Chopped Pork | 1 | ||
| Coffee & Chicory Mixture | 1 | Blackcurrant Flavour | 1 |
| Corned Beef | 1 | Mince Tarts | 1 |
| Cream Slices | 2 | Minced Beef | 4 |
| Creamed Rice Pudding | 1 | Mint Sauce | 5 |
| Currants | 2 | Mustard Piccalilli | 1 |
| Custard Tarts | 1 | Oatmeal | I |
| Cut Peel | 1 | Peanut Butter | 1 |
| Dairy Cream Doughnuts | 1 | Pic kled Herrings | 1 |
| Danish Salami | 1 | Plain Flour | 1 |
| Desiccated Coconut | 1 | Pork Brawn | 1 |
| Faggots | 1 | Pork Chipolatas | 1 |
| French Jam Sandwich | 1 | Pork Luncheon Meat | 1 |
| French Mustard | 1 | Prawns | 1 |
| Fruit Cake | 1 | Rice—unpolished | 1 |
| Fruit and Nuts | 1 | Salad Cream | 1 |
| Grape and Blackcurrant Juice Health Drink | 1 | Salmon Spread | 1 |
| Sausage Rolls | 1 | ||
| Ham | 1 | Seeded Raisins | 1 |
| Haslet | 1 | Shredded Beef Suet | 1 |
| Horseradish Relish | 2 | Spaghetti Dinner | 1 |
| Jelly | 1 | Sparkup Glucose Drink | 1 |