Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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The following diseased and/or unsound meat and other foods have been surrendered and destroyed or, where suitable, stilised for pig food:-
Commodity | lbs. | Tins | Bottles or Jars | Packets or Numbers |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bacon | 21¾ | 4 | - | - |
Beef | 930 | - | - | - |
Bread | 168 | - | - | - |
Cake, Sponge | 71½ | - | - | 12 |
Cheese | 38¾ | - | - | 64 |
Cocoa Coffee Sugar, Tea | 2 | 2 | 6 | - |
Culinary Mixtures Essences | - | 29 | 1 | 97 |
Dried Fruit | 242 | 1 | - | - |
Eggs | - | - | - | 1385 |
Fat (Prepared) | - | 1 | - | 34 |
Fish, Wet Tinned | 1852 | 147 | 8 | - |
Flour, Loose Packeted | 3 | - | - | 1 |
Fruit, Fresh | 50 | - | - | - |
Ice Cream | - | - | - | 8 |
Jelly Crystals Powder | - | 2 | - | - |
Marmalade Jam Syrup | - | 100 | 38 | 37 |
Meat, Fish Pastes | - | 1270 | 10 | - |
Meat Pies | 15 | - | - | 2 |
Milk, Tinned | - | 410 | - | - |
Mutton, Lamb | 320¾ | - | - | - |
Oats Cereals | - | 1 | - | 67 |
Offal | 184 | - | - | - |
Pork | 5 | - | - | - |
Pork and Beef Sausages | 50 | 12 | - | - |
Proprietary Foods | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Rabbits | 424 | 16 | - | 20 |
Sauces Pickles Salad Cream | - | 4 | 322 | - |
Soups | - | 76 | 4 | 2 |
Spaghetti | - | 13 | - | - |
Sweets Chocolate | 37¾ | - | - | - |
Tinned Fruits Juices | - | 289 | 7 | - |
Tinned Raw Vegetables | 266 | 315 | 1 | - |
Tinned Meat | 15 | 227 | - | - |
Whale Steak | - | 1 | - | - |
Total | 4696 | 2921 | 398 | 1729 |
SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT, 1933.
Four licences to act as slaughtermen were granted.
BAKEHOUSES.
There are 26 bakehouses within the district, and of these
24 are provided with mechanical power. A good standard of
cleanliness and sanitary condition generally obtained.
SCHOOLS.
The sanitary condition and the water supply of the
schools in the area were found to be satisfactory.
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