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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

Chingford 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

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Meat and Other Foods
There is one licensed slaughterhouse and twenty-two butchers'
shops in the area ; the visits paid to these premises numbered 79.
There were five pigs' carcases inspected at registered
slaughterhouses and seven pigs' carcases inspected at private houses.

Table: The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat and other articles found unfit for human consumption, which were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed :—

The following list gives details of the diseased or unsound meat and other articles found unfit for human consumption, which were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed :—

ArticleConditionWeight
551 tins Evaporated MilkUnsound
82 tins Condensed Milk”
1 tin Unsweetened Milk”
Dog Fish”6 stones
Whiting”5 stones
Cod”15 stones
Megrim„5 stones
Haddock,,12 stones
Hake”2 stones
Ling”7 stones
40 tins Pork Luncheon Meat”
15 tins Pork Sausage Meat”
1 tin Meat Roll”
1 tin Chopped Pork”
3 tins Chopped Ham”
1 tin Veal and Ham Roll”
3 tins Chicken & Ham Roll,,
1 tin Minced Beef Loaf,,
1 tin Tongue”6 lbs.
2 tins Prepared Meal”
1 tin Ox Tongue,,1 lb.
72 tins Beans,,
34 tins Peas”
8 tins Carrots”
17 tins Apples”
30 tins Pineapple”
14 tins Plums”
49 tins Peaches,,
1 tin Strawberries”
Figs”14 lbs.
30 tins Pilchards”
6 tins Salmon”
3 tins Herrings”
1 tin Gooseberries”
3 tins Sardines”
45 tins Tomatoes”
1 tin Meat and Vegetables”
4 tins Vegetable Salad”
1 tin Vegetables in Gravy,,
8 tins Steak and Vegetables,,
86 tins Stewed Steak,,