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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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UNSOUND FOOD:
Fruit & Vegetab1es (Fr esh)
Apples 134 lbs
Savoy Greens 11 tons 4 cwt.
Carrots 19 cwts 6 lbs.
Potatoes 179 lbs
Peas 1 ton 19 cwt
2 arts.
Fresh Fish
Catfish 5 Stone
Cod 21 stone
Whiting 4½ stone
Smoked Mackerel 3 stone
Soft Roes 5 stone
Haddock 24 stone
Smoke Fillets l ½ stone
General Provisions et.
Bacon 26½ lbs
Cheese 378½ lbs
Chickens 87 lbs
Sugar 33½ lbs
Tea 22 lbs
Eggs 1,156
Ducks 5
Paste 18 jams
Rabbits 494 lbs
Jam and Marmalade I6½ lbs
Fruit Cake 51 lbs
Sultanas 3 lbs
Biscuits 3½ lbs
Pickles 10 jars
Lard 1 lb
Vinegar 1 bottle
Calf' s Head 4¾lbs
Pig's Pluck and Intestines 10 lbs 10 ozs.
Oxtail 1 lb
Pork Sausages 72 lbs
Lemon Cheese 1 Jar
Jam Rolls 13
Margarine 5 lbs
Dried Milk 2 tins
Fish Cakes 72
Tinned Foods (Miscellaneous).
Luncheon Meat 2,021 lbs
Sausage Meat 146½ lbs
Chopped Ham 176½ lbs
Tongues 85½ lbs
Pease Pudding 1,323 tins
Beetroot 5 tins
Steak & Kidney Pudding 66 tins
Egg Substitute 188 pkts
Gravy Mixture 79 pkts
Rabbit ???tins
Pineapple 61 tins
Raspberries 2 tins
Beef Galatine 1 tin
Spaghetti 2 tins
Pressed Brisket 20 lbs
Evaporated Milk 3,414 tins
Full Cream Condensed Milk 37 tins
Skimmed Milk 303 tins