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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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A total of 621 Food Shops and places where food is prepared
were inspected and a list of foods condemned is tabulated below.
Not all this food, however, was destroyed; where possible it was
released for animal feeding or salvage.
UNSOUND FOOD.
List of Food condemned during the year 1948.
Fruit and Vegetables:
Brussels Sprouts 58 bags
Onions (Dehydrated) 47½ lbs.
Oranges 1½cases
Potatoes 36 cwts.
Meat:
Beef 314¼ lbs.
Beef, Minced 64¾ lbs.
Chicken 257¼ lbs.
Duck 14 lbs.
Lamb3 lbs.
Mutton 47 lbs.
Pork 264¾ lbs.
Rabbits 233 lbs.
Sausages (Pork) 8 lbs.
Sausage Meat 1 lb.
Tripe 115 lbs.
Fish:
Bloaters 2 stone
Cod 28 stone
Eels 84 lbs.
Fillet, Smoked 112 lbs.
Haddock, Fresh 14 stone
Haddock, Smoked 11½ stone
Hake 5 stone
Herrings, Fresh 8½ stone
Kippers 30½ stone
Plaice 10 stone
Rock Fish 3½ stone
Roe, Cod 5 stone
Skate 14½ stone
Whelks 20 galls.
Whiting, Smoked 13¾ stone
Witches 5 stone
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