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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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34.
CONDEMNED POOD TINNED AND BOTTLED
| Article | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Meat | 157 tins |
| Fish | 41 " |
| Fruit and Vegetables | 342 " |
| Orange Juice | 6 bottles |
| Jam & Marmalade | 9 jars |
| Soup | 12 tins |
| Milk | 77 tins |
| Ham | 14 tins |
| Cream | 3 tins |
| Bacon | 1 tin |
| Liver | 12 tins |
| Sausages | 2 tins |
| Tongue | 59 tins |
| OTHER FOODS | |
| Dried Fruit | 41 packets |
| Blancmange | 4 x 7 lb. packets. |
| Coconut | 13 lbs. |
| Rice | 28 lbs. |
| Fish | 31 stone |
| 4½ lbs. | |
| Condemnation certificates were issued in respect of the undermentioned home-killed and imported meat and offal. | |
| Beef | 277¼ lbs. |
| Lamb | 132 lbs. |
| Pork | 27¼ lbs. |
| Minced Beef | 30 lbs. |
| Liver | 27¾ lbs. |
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
The Counties Public Health Laboratories, 66 Victoria Street,
London, S.W.l., undertake bacteriological examinations for the
Council through the Essex County Council Bacteriological Laboratory
Service.
During the year, thirty-seven samples of ice-cream, as shown overleaf,
seven samples of water from the swimming pool and four
samples of milk were submitted to the Laboratory.