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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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Unsound Food
The following quantities of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome and unfit for human food were surrendered and destroyed or so disposed of as to prevent them from being used for human food.
| lbs. | |
|---|---|
| Butter | 18 |
| Confectionery (Flour) | 130 |
| Cheese | 3 |
| Cream | 3 |
| Fat | 16 |
| Fish | 965 |
| Fruit | 850 |
| Fruit Juice | 8 |
| Ice Cream | 2 |
| Jam | 9 |
| Meat (including canned meat) | 4,731 |
| Milk | 16 |
| Mineral Water | 1 |
| Rice | 5 |
| Sauce | 8 |
| Soup | 12 |
| Vegetables | 724 |
The usual method of disposal is by burning in the Council's refuse
destructor.
Slaughterhouses.
There are no slaughterhouses in the Borough.
Adulteration of Food.
During the year, 495 samples of various foodstuffs and drugs were
purchased for examination by the Public Analyst, Mr. D.D. Moir, M.SC.,
F.R.I.C., to whom I am indebted for the following observations on the year's
work and for his valuable and ready advice at all times.
Public Analyst's Comments.
In these comments, which I used to contribute annually to the Report of
the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Sutton and Cheam, I have
always attempted to survey in as few words as possible the field of consumer
protection as far as it applies to Pood and Drugs; to note helpful changes
in the law and sometimes to criticise trends which I believe to be against
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