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Brentford and Chiswick 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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UNSOUND FOOD:
List of Food Condemned during the Year 1943.
Fruit & Vegetables (Fresh)
Cabbages 3 tons 13 cwts 3qrs
Cauliflowers 3 tons 14 cwts 2qrs
Sprouts 12 cwts
Peas 3 tons 4 cwts
Carrots 1 ton 17 cwts 12 lbs
Apples 53 1bs
Fresh Fish.
Herrings 20 stones
Whiting 30 stones
Roker 11 stones
Smoked Fillets 3 stones
Cod Fillets 26 stones
Kippers 12 stones
General Provisions etc.
Rabbits l6l lbs
Bacon 91 lbs
Tea 6 lbs
Eggs 1355
Biscuits 10
Sugar 4 lbs
Butter 9½ lbs
Margarine 2½ lbs
Egg Substitute 784 lbs
Cheese 338 lbs
Rice 6 lbs
Duck 1
Chicken 8½ lbs
Pork Sausages 125 lbs
Beef Sausages 23 lbs
Breakfast Sausage 6 lbs
Luncheon Sausage 6 lbs
Black Pudding 6 lbs
Pastries 16
Pies 36
Swiss Rolls 112
Sweets 29¼ lbs
Tinned Foods - Miscellaneous.
Luncheon Meat 470½ lbs
Spiced Ham 6 lbs
Chopped Ham 20½ lbs
Meat Roll 4 lbs
Tongues 81¾ lbs
Beef Hash 7 tins
Fish and Potato Roll 3 tins
Pressed Beef 8 lbs
Picnic Roll 1 tin
Galantine 9 lbs
Minced Beef l tin
Brisket 4 lbs
Soups 158
Stewed Steak 45
Pease Pudding 185
Beef and Potatoes 18 tins
Pilchards 164 tins
Herrings 17 tins
Sardines 53 tins