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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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Inspection of Meat and Other Foods.
There is one private licensed slaughter-house in the Borough
which is not in normal use at the present time and 26 butchers'
shops in the area ; the visits paid to these and other retail trade
premises numbered 137.
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 or used for animal
feeding purposes, or returned to the Ministry of Food for processing
purposes :—
TINNED FOODS
| Article | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Meat | 217 tins |
| Fish | 97 „ |
| Fruit and Vegetables | 480 „ |
| Syrup | 3 „ |
| Soups | 33 „ |
| Marmalade | 9 „ |
| Milk | 253 „ |
| Puddings | 4 „ |
| Jams | 34 jars |
| Mincemeat | 2 „ |
| Vinegar | 6 bottles |
| Sauces | 6 |
| Pickles | 2 jars |
| Fish-paste | 44 „ |
| OTHER FOODS | |
| Article | Quantity |
| Fish | 50 stones |
| Corned Beef and Mutton | 96 lbs. |
| Sausages | 7 „ |
| Offal | 14 „ |
| Milk Powder | 7 cwts. |
| Assorted Confectionery | 70 lbs. |
| Dried Peas | 81 „ |
| Bacon | 82 „ |
| Eggs | 791 |