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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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FOOD INSPECTION.
The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human consumption, were surrendered by the owners and either salvaged for animal food or destroyed.
| Commodity. | Amount condemned | Reason for condemnation. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cwt. | lbs. | ozs. | ||
| Bacon | 30 | 5 | Decomposed | |
| Baked Beans | 16 | 12½ | Tins blown or pierced | |
| Bovril | 4 | Contaminated by glass | ||
| Biscuits | 12 | Mouldy | ||
| Cereals | 1 | 34 | 7 | Unsound or insect infested |
| Cake | 31 | 4 | Mouldy | |
| Cheese | 43 | 6 | Decomposed | |
| Condiments | 3 | 7½ | Mouldy | |
| Dried Egg | 5 | Out of Condition | ||
| Fats | 47 | 8 | Sour | |
| Fish (Tinned) | 4 | 12 | 4 | Tins blown or pierced |
| Fish (Wet) | 15 | 64 | 4 | Decomposed |
| Fish Cakes | 1 | 22 | 8 | Mouldy |
| Flour | 111 | 0 | Insect infested | |
| Fruit | 5 | 111 | 0 | Tins blown or pierced |
| Jam, etc. | 22 | 2 | Mouldy | |
| Meat(Tinned) | 17 | 100 | Tins blown or pierced | |
| Meat | 1 | 15 | 9 | Decomposed |
| Milk (Tinned) | 5 | 8 | 12 | Tins blown or pierced |
| Orange Juice | 3 | 12 | ,, ,, ,, ,, | |
| Paste (Fish and Meat) | 25 | 13¼ | ,, ,, ,, ,, | |
| Pickles | 110 | 9 | Fermented | |
| Poultry | 5 | 55 | 13 | Decomposed |
| Puddings | 26 | 11 | Mouldy | |
| Babbits | 2 | 104 | 6 | Decomposed |
| Ryvita | 7 | Mouldy | ||
| SauceB | 37 | 13 | Fermented and Unfit | |
| Sausages | 83 | 6 | Out of Condition | |
| Soft Drinks | 1 | 12 | ,, ,, ,, | |
| Soup | 50 | 7½ | Tins blown or pierced | |
| Spaghetti | 10 | 0 | ,, ,, ,, ,, | |
| Sugar | 38 | 0 | Moisture spoiled | |
| Sweets | 42 | 12 | ,, ,, | |
| Vegetables | 5 | 55 | 5 | Tins blown or pierced |
| Vinegar | 11 | 6 | Fermented and Unfit | |
| 104 Cream Trifles | Sour | |||
| 9 Hares | Decomposed | |||