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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 1953
[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. |