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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
Barnes 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Sample No. 29.—Sun Pat Peanut Butter.
Contained several tufts of mineral fibres having the characteristics of
asbestos.
The specimen as received consisted of a jar from which some of the
contents had been removed. The fibres which were slightly bluish-green in
colour were present at or near the top of the article.
Sample No. 41.—Butter Toffee.
Contained only 2.9% of butter-fat instead of a minimum of 4%.
Sample No. 52.—Treacle Toffee.
This article was described as "Home-Made Treacle Toffee made with
Best Butter", but it contained only 2.2% of butter-fat and 11.0% of other
fat.
In my opinion where toffees are described as "made with butter" the
whole of the fat present should consist of butter-fat.
Sample No. 54.—Bread Roll.
Contained a small dark object embedded on the inside surface. This
object consisted of partly burnt dough or other flour mixture.
Sample No. 60.—Cream of Mushroom Soup.
This article contained only 2.7% of edible oil or fat and no butter-fat,
whereas such a product should contain not less than 3½% of edible oil or fat.
Table 17.— Unsound Food.
The following articles were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed
as being unfit for human consumption:—
Where quantities are insufficient for salvage all unsound food is collected and disposed of at the Council's Refuse Destructor, by incineration.
| Meat. | Fruit. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacon lbs. | 14 | Canned Fruit lbs. | 129¾ |
| Beef lbs. | 988 | ||
| Beef Steak with Gravy lbs. | 1 | Baked Beans—Canned lb. | 1 |
| Canned Tomatoes lbs. | 441/8 | ||
| Canned Meat lbs. | 1077/8 | Canned Vegetables lbs. | 123/8 |
| Ham, Bacon and Corned Beef lbs. | 13 | ||
| Lamb lbs. | 34 | Butter lbs. | l½ |
| Ox Tongues lbs. | 24 | Cheese lbs. | 38½ |
| Jam lbs. | 3 | ||
| Marmalade lbs. | 2 | ||
| Chicken (Canned) lbs. | 5 | Mashed Potato Powder lbs. | 40 |
| Milk pints | 121/8 | ||
| Canned Fish lbs. | 8¾ | Milk (Condensed) lbs. | 31/8 |
| Pathfinder Crab lb. | ½ | Nestles Milo lb. | ¼ |
| Roker stones | 14 | Sifta Salt lbs. | 1½ |
| Skate (Wings) stones | 3 | Soup lbs. | 25/8 |
Table 18.—Slaughter-houses.
The district does not now possess a slaughter-house.
No animals were slaughtered for food in this district during 1956