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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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FOOD INSPECTION.
The following foodstuffs, found to be unfit for human con-sumption, were surrendered by the owners and either salvaged for animal food or destroyed.
| Commodity. | Amount condemned | Reason for condemnation. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cwt. | lbs. | ozs. | ||
| Baby Food | 1 | 2 | Mildew | |
| Cereals | 3 | 38 | 0 | Unsound |
| Cakes | 7 | 0 | Mouldy | |
| Cheese | 4 | 3 | Decomposed | |
| Chicken | 4 | 4 | Unsound | |
| Coffee | 2 | 74½ | . Unsound | |
| Dried Fruit | 1 | 100 | 14 | Out of Condition |
| Fats | 22 | 0 | Rancid | |
| Fish (Tinned) | 1 | 6 | 3½ | Tins blown or pierced |
| Fish (Wet) | 3 | 103 | 0 | Decomposed |
| Flour | 39 | 8 | Moisture spoiled | |
| Fruit | 3 | 3 | 5 | Decomposed |
| Fruit Pulp | 50 | 0 | Unsound | |
| Fruit Juice | 41 | 1½ | Tins blown or pierced | |
| Golden Syrup | 2 | 0 | Tins blown | |
| Ham | 54 | 0 | Unsound | |
| Jam, etc. | 2 | 97 | 0 | Unsound |
| Meat (Tinned) | 4 | 36 | 134 | Tins blown or pierced |
| Meat | 1 | 42 | 0 | Decomposed |
| Milk (Tinned) | 2 | 38 | 114 | Tins blown or pierced |
| Mincemeat | 10 | 14 | Fermented | |
| Mustard | 8 | Mouldy | ||
| Ovaltine | 1 | 0 | Musty | |
| Paste (Fish and Meat) | 1 | 6 | Sour | |
| Pastry Mix | 2 | 0 | Out of Condition | |
| Pepper | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pickles | 104 | 13 | Fermented | |
| Poultry | 94 | 0 | Decomposed | |
| Puddings | 60 | 13½ | Mouldy | |
| Rabbits | 92 | 0 | Decomposed | |
| Salad Cream | 10 | 11 | Mildew | |
| Salt | 3 | 0 | Mouldy | |
| Sausage Rolls | 15 | 1 | Out of Condition | |
| Soup | 1 | 43 | 14½ | Tins blown or pierced |
| Spaghetti | 8 | 0 | Unsound | |
| Sauces | 2 | 0 | Fermented | |
| Sweets | 3 | 6 | Unsound | |
| Vegetables | 6 | 107 | 13 | Tins blown or pierced |
| Vita Cream | 2 | Sour | ||