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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
Twickenham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 36.
Table 36.
| Species of Flies | Number of Insects caught with Certain Baits | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calliphora erythrocephala. M. (bluebottle) | Calliphora vomitoria. M. (bluebottle) | Drosophila funebris. Fbr. (fruit-fly) | Fannia canicularis (lesser house-fly) | Lucilia sericata. M. (greenbottle) | Lucilia caesar. M. (greenbottle) | Musca domestica. L. (house-fly) | Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis. Fin. | Wasps (Vespa vulgaris.) L. | Miscellaneous species | Total | |
| 1 Fish | 80 | 2 | — | 2 | 443 | 102 | 2 | — | 9 | 112 | 752 |
| 2 Cod roe | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 4 | — | 14 | 22 |
| 3 Fish paste | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 |
| 4 Sardine | 5 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | 5 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 Meat | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 17 |
| 6 Meat hash | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | — | 45 | 51 |
| 7 Sausage meat | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 Corned beef | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 9 Meat and bacon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10 Soup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 Milk | 1 | - | - | 1 | —... | - | 3 | — | 5 | 10 | |
| 12 Peas (cooked) and milk | l | - | — | — | 2 | I | — | 1 | _ 1 | 7 | 12 |