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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

Richmond upon Thames 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: FOOD INSPECTION.The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human food, were surrendered by the owners and either salvaged for animal feeding or destroyed.

FOOD INSPECTION.

The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human food, were surrendered by the owners and either salvaged for animal feeding or destroyed.

ditto128¾ lbs.Decomposed.
Beans207 tinsBlown or pierced.
Biscuits3 SamplesMouldy.
Cheese25½ lbs.Decomposed.
Chickens, ducks, etc.92 (339 lbs.)Decomposed.
Dried egg1 pkt.Out of condition.
Fish538 tinsBlown or pierced.
ditto182¾ stonesDecomposed.
ditto1 sackDecomposed.
ditto6 jarsOut of condition.
Fish cakes1212Decomposed.
Fruit6 tinsBlown or pierced.
ditto202 lbs.Decomposed.
Jam, Marmalade, etc.90 jars & tinsBlown or pierced.
Lemonade crystals18 bots.Out of condition.
Lemon curd1 jarOut of condition.
Meat306 tinsBlown or pierced.
ditto449J lbs.Decomposed.
Meat and Vegetables17 tinsBlown or pierced.
Milk752 tinsBlown or pierced.
Milk (dried)58 tinsBlown or pierced.
Oranges14½ casesMouldy.
Paste (fish, meat, etc.)144 jarsOut of condition.
Peas32 tinsBlown or pierced.
Pickles34 bottlesMouldy.
Pork pies27 lbs.Decomposed.
Potatoes24 cwts.Frost-bitten.
Prunes7 lbs.Mouldy and decomposing.
Rabbits1948 lbs.Decomposed.
Ryvita1 pkt.Mouldy.
Sauces, salad cream, etc.4 bots.Out of condition.
Sausages59½ lbs.Out of condition.
Soup40 tinsBlown or pierced.
ditto66 cubesUnsound.
ditto323 pkts.Unsound.
Sponge, cake and pudding
mixtures274 pkts.Damaged by water.
Sugar1 pkt.Liquid contamination.
Sultanas89¾ lbs.Infested with insects.
Syrup1 tinBlown or pierced.
Vegetables29 tinsBlown or pierced.