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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 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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UNSOUND FOOD:
Summary of Food Surrendered & Condemned
General Provisions
Sugar 93½ lbs.
Bacon 431½ lbs.
Biscuits 1238 lbs.
Eggs 1042
Dried Egg Powder 114 lbs.
Cocoa Powder 3¾ cwts
Albume Substitute 112 lbs.
Cheese 246 lbs.
Tea 6¼ lbs.
Jam and Marmalade l50 lbs.
Rabbits 282½ lbs.
Butter 33¼ lbs.
Margarine 1¾ lbs.
Porridge Oats 2 lbs.
Cooked Ham l lbs.10 ozs.
Bread 12 lbs.
Rolls 22
Buns 124
Breakfast Sausage 13 lbs.
Pork Sausage 77½ lbs.
Luncheon Sausage 26 lbs.
Lard 2 lbs.
Golden Syrup 3 tins.
Pickles & Sauces 21 Jars.
Shrimps 1 Jars.
Oats 48 lbs.
Blue Peas 62 lbs.
Egg Sub. and Cereal Sweepings 10 cwts.
Milk Sub. Powder. 12¼ cwts.
Cows Milk 7 galls.
Curry Powder 70 lbs.
Paste 3 Jars.
Dried Eggs 16 Pkts.
Dessert Powder 273 lbs.
Jelly Powder 94 lbs.
Breakfast Food 154 Pkts.
Creamola 1 Pkt.
Baking Powder 76 lbs.
Spice 70 lbs.
Pudding Mixture 42 lbs.
Chocolate Pudding 2546 Pkts.
Tinned Foods
Dried Milk. 5 Tins
Skimmed Milk 24 „
Evaporated Milk 950 „
Crayfish 9 „
Mackerel 7 „
Salmon 49 „
Minced Beef Loaf 22¾ lbs.
Luncheon Meat 845½% lbs.
Soups 127 tins
Pears 21 tins
Savoury Lunch 2 lbs.
Mustard 85 tins
Potatoes 24 tins
Sausage Meat 46 lbs.
Horseradish 2 tins
Plums 27 tins
Pilchards 458 tins
Sardines 41 tins