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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
West Ham 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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CONDEMNED FOOD, 1934.
9½doz. Apple and Meat Pies
3 Tins Apricots
5¾lbs. Bacon
2½ Boxes Biscuits
ll½cwt. Blackberries
220 Cauliflowers
7 doz. Rolls of Celery
12 Tins Cherries
1 Box Conger Eels
61bs. Corned Beef
3st. Dog Fish
96 Tins Evaporated Milk
20 Fowls
39 Tins Fruit
2fcwt. Gooseberry Pulp
401bs. and 31 Barrels Grapes
32 Boxes Kippers
20 Lobsters
34 Tins Loganberries
61bs. Luncheon Meat
41bs. Milk Gums
1 Bag Mussels
5 Ox Livers
1 Tin Pears
8 Tins Pilchards
2 Boxes Plaice
1½ Tons Potatoes
34 Rabbits
2 Boxes and 6½st. Skate
2 Boxes and 5st. Skate Wings
49½1bs. Tinned Gammon
13½lbs. Tinned Ham
3601bs. Tinned Meat
971bs. Tinned Plums
4851bs. Tinned Tomatoes
601bs. Tomatoes
1100 Tins Tongue
24 Turkeys
45 Bags and 66 Pockets Walnuts
1 Bushel Whelks
1½ Bushels Winkles
| Articles | Analysed | Genuine | Adulterated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official | Unofficial | Official | Unofficial | Official | Unofficial | |
| Milk | 477 | 14 | 467 | 14 | 10 | - |
| Milk, Condensed | 11 | 25 | 11 | 25 | - | - |
| Milk, Dried | 25 | - | 25 | - | - | - |
| Butter | 84 | 53 | 83 | 51 | 1 | 2 |
| Margarine | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - |
| Cream | 10 | 6 | 10 | 6 | - | - |
| Lard | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 | - | - |
| Dripping | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | - | 1 |
| Cheese | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Cocoa | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| Coffee | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| Coffee and Chicory | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tea | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - |
| Vinegar | 34 | - | 32 | - | 2 | - |
| Vinegar, Malt | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pepper | 19 | 11 | 19 | 11 | - | - |
| Ground Ginger | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Lemon Curd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Jams | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 | - | - |
| Golden Syrup | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Mixed Peel | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
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