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 West Ham]
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I append a list of various foodstuffs condemned during the year:-
Meat | 3,027 tins | Duck | 4½ lbs. |
Chicken | 6½ lbs. | Rabbit | 15 lbs. |
Ham | 221 " | Lamb | 737 " |
Beef | 3,993 " | Pork | 300 " |
Bacon | 7,821 " | Calves' lungs | 144 " |
Offal | 55 " | Sweetbreads | 44 " |
Ox Cheek | 189 " | Liver | 193 " |
Tongue | 422 " | Meat Pies | 91 |
Plucks | 959 " | Black Pudding | 4 lbs. |
Pigs Heads | 83 " | Sausages | 141 " |
Vegetables | 2,496 tins | Beans | 280 " |
Peas | 365 lbs. | Lentils | 42 " |
Brussel Sprouts | 280 " | Spring Greens | 84 " |
Cauliflower | 36 " | Cabbages | 280 " |
Parsnips | 1 bag | Carrots | 1 bag |
Herbs | 4 boxes | Watercress | 1 box |
Lettuce | 1½ " | Celery | 6 rolls |
Mushrooms | 3 lbs. | Tomatoes | 366 tins |
Tomatoes | 1,848 " | Tomato Juice | 19 " |
Tomato Paste | 10 tins | Spaghetti | 11 " |
Vermicelli | 18 pkts. | Macaroni | 1 " |
Soup | 187 tins | Soup | 36 pkts. |
Pickles | 52 Jars | Onions | 537 tins |
Onions | 3 cwt. | Onions | 6l half bags |
Salt | 260 lbs. | Fish | 954 tins |
Fish | 26 stones | Fish Cakes | 24 |
Cockles | 36 lbs. | Sauce | 3 bottles |
Sandwich Spread | 6 Jars | Salad Cream | 54 jars |
Raisins | 28 lbs. | Currants | 30 lbs. |
Sultanas | 1021 " | Flour | 21 bags |
Flour | 268 " | Barley | 154 lbs. |
Tapioca | 28 " | Rice | 304 " |
Nuts | 784 " | Nuts | 2,016 pkts. |
Cheese Crackers | 1 tin | Cheese | 158 lbs. |
Cheese | 302 pkts. | Cheese Waste | 23 " |
Fruit Squash | 3 pints | Orange Juice | 9 tins |
Cocoa | 18½ lbs. | Milo | 1 " |
Vita Cream | 1 gill | Fruit | 10,771 " |
Dried Apple | 47½ lbs. | Bananas | 106 stems |
Peaehes | 2 boxes | Rhubarb | 1 box |
Apples | 2 " | Pears | 1 " |
Oranges | 6 cases | Dates | 26 pkts. |
Milk & Cream | 2,844 tins | Marmalade & Jams | 605 Jars |
Margarine | 314 lbs. | Lard | 1 lb. |
Butter | 107 " | Peanut Butter | 8 Jars |
Cooking Fat | 448 " | Suet | 261 lbs. |
Dripping | 280 " | Custard | 4 " |
Cornflour | 20 pkts. | Jelly | 180 pkts. |
Chocolate & Starch Waste | 49,280 lbs. | Sweet Mixture | 22,280 lbs. |