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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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39.
Section 9 (Examination and seizure of unsound food.)
The following articles of unsound food were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed by incineration.
| Article | Quantity | Article | Quantity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apricots | 35 tins | Milk | 33 tins |
| Apricots & custard | 3 " | Marmalade | 6 " |
| Beef and barley | 2 " | Oranges | 36 " |
| Beefburgers | 9 packets | Orange juice | 1 " |
| Braised beef | 8 " | Plaice | 28 packets |
| Beans | 37 tins | Pigs spleens | 28 lbs |
| Butterbeans | 1 " | Puffed pastry | 8 packets |
| Beetroot | 1 " | Pork | 8 tins |
| Blackberries | 1 " | Pilchards | 14 tins |
| Bone & Veg, broth | 1 " | Peas | 60 " |
| Cream | 5 " | Pears | 33 " |
| Corned beef | 12 " | Peaches | 77 " |
| Cherries | 5 " | Pineapple | 67 " |
| Carrots | 2 " | Prunes | 1 " |
| Chipped potatoes | 14 packets | Prunes & custard | 5 " |
| Cod | 34 " | Rhubarb | 6 " |
| Casserole | 19 tins | Rice | 13 " |
| Condensed milk | 2 " | Rhodesian beef | 25 lbs |
| Chickens | 5 | Soup | 18 tins |
| Chicken pies | 13 | Spaghetti | 8 tins |
| Fruit salad | 39 tins | Salmon | 15 " |
| Pish fingers | 69 packets | Sardines | 4 " |
| Fish cakes | 12 packets | Stewed steak | 6 " |
| Grapefruit | 10 tins | Strawberries | 8 " |
| Ham | 11 " | Steak and kidney pies | 10 " |
| Ham & pork | 1 tin | Tomatoes beef and. | |
| Haddock | 11 packets | Spaghetti | 4 tins |
| Irish stew- | 1 tin | Sausages skinless | 9 lbs |
| Jam | 2 tins | Sausage rolls | 4 " |
| Jellied veal | 4 " | Sponges | 3 |
| Kipper s | 12 packets | Steakettes | 10 |
| Luncheon meat | 9 tins | Skate wings | 2 stone |
| Loganberries | 2 " | Scotch beef | 323½ lbs |
| Lambs liver | 54 " | Sheeps offal | 7 " |
| Mixed vegetables | 4 " | Topside and silverside | 43 lbs |
| Tomatoes | 36 lbs. |
I am concerned at the lack of control over these foodstuffs after
condemnation. Because there is no suitable departmental transport,
condemned food has to be left in the shops until it can be picked up on
a refuse collection round. It is undesirable to leave bad food in the
shops longer than is necessary and in the present circumstances, it is
difficult to check that all the food has been collected.