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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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The following is a list of foods surrendered during the year 1964
because of the unsound condition:-
MEAT, Fresh MEAT, Tinned
Beef 748 lbs Corned Beef 501 lbs
Boneless Beef Ham 468 lbs
Trimmings 1650 lbs Jellied Veal 122 lbs
Ox Tongues 38 lbs Pork 42 lbs
Ox Kidneys 413 lbs Pork Luncheon Meat 859 lbs
Pigs Kidneys 14 lbs Ox Tongues 38 lbs
Lambs Livers 155 lbs Stewed Steak 112 lbs
Bacon 97 lbs Miscellaneous Tinned
Pigs Spleen 2k9 lbs Foods 6869 tins
Chickens 573 lbs
Rabbits 40 lbs Frozen Foods 731 packets
List of foods sampled is given below:-
Apples 3
Aspirins 1
Bacon 1
Banana Yoghourt 1
Beef Mince Roll 1
Beef Suet (shredded) 1
Bicarbonate of Soda 1
Blackcurrant Drink 1
Blackcurrant and Glycerine tablets 1
Blackcurrant flavoured pastilles 1
Brisket 1
Butter 5
Cherry Cough pastilles 1
Cheese 2
Cheese (grated) 2
Cocktail Cherries 1
Cocktail Onions 1
Cod Liver Oil 1
Coffee 4
Corn Oil 2
Cream 1
Curry Powder 1
Custard Powder 1
Demerara Sugar 1
Egg and Veal 1
Flour, plain 1
Gees Lintus pastilles 2
Glycerine, Lemon & Honey pastilles 2
Grapes 1
Ground Almonds 2
Ground Cinnamon 1
Ground Nutmeg 2
Ground Rice 2
Haddock Fillets 1
Ham 2
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