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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

Sutton and Cheam 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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Table: The following diseased and/or unsound meat and other foods have been surrendered and destroyed or, where suitable, stilised for pig food:-

The following diseased and/or unsound meat and other foods have been surrendered and destroyed or, where suitable, stilised for pig food:-

Commoditylbs.TinsBottles or JarsPackets or Numbers
Bacon21¾4--
Beef930---
Bread168---
Cake, Sponge71½--12
Cheese38¾--64
Cocoa Coffee Sugar, Tea226-
Culinary Mixtures Essences-29197
Dried Fruit2421--
Eggs---1385
Fat (Prepared)-1-34
Fish, Wet Tinned18521478-
Flour, Loose Packeted3--1
Fruit, Fresh50---
Ice Cream---8
Jelly Crystals Powder-2--
Marmalade Jam Syrup-1003837
Meat, Fish Pastes-127010-
Meat Pies15--2
Milk, Tinned-410--
Mutton, Lamb320¾---
Oats Cereals-1-67
Offal184---
Pork5---
Pork and Beef Sausages5012--
Proprietary Foods-11-
Rabbits42416-20
Sauces Pickles Salad Cream-4322-
Soups-7642
Spaghetti-13--
Sweets Chocolate37¾---
Tinned Fruits Juices-2897-
Tinned Raw Vegetables2663151-
Tinned Meat15227--
Whale Steak-1--
Total469629213981729

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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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