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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 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]

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Table: Articles of food containing foreign bodies or mould were as follows:-

Articles of food containing foreign bodies or mould were as follows:-

ArticleArticle
Alcoholic Drinks1Margarine1
Baby Food1Meat11
Beverage1Meat Pies6
Bread24Milk14
Butter1Milk Bottles10
Cereals2(contaminated or chipped)
Cheese5Preserves1
Confectionary Flour9Sauce1
Confectionary Sugar1Sausages5
Cordial1Shell Fish1
Cream-Sugar
Drugs1Soup1
Fish2Tea1
Fruit7Vegetables3
Yoghurt2

Table: Unsound Food:The following quantities of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome and unfit for human consumption were surrendered and destroyed:-

Unsound Food:

The following quantities of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome and unfit for human consumption were surrendered and destroyed:-

Unwrapped FoodWrapped Food Number of Containers
lbs.ozs.
Beverages--44
Cereals--115
Cheese---
Condiments--2
Confectionary Flour-313,200
Confectionary Sugar639051
Cream--5
Fats and Oils--320
Fish13683,687
Frozen Food6690-
Fruit1940198
Fruit Juice--137
Ice Cream--581
Meat5488114
Meat Canned72064
Meat Cooked340488
Milk--22
Preserves--31
Sauce--11
Sausages290193
Soup--23
Vegetables11283,511
Miscellaneous38201,424
2,8161124,221