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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
Tottenham 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Cereals (cartons) | 21 | Macaroons | 28 lbs. |
| Cheese | 19 lbs. | Mayonnaise | 306 jars |
| Condiments | 44 jars | Meat | 789 lbs. |
| Currants | 75 lbs | 7 ozs. | |
| 18 pkts. | Pastes | 69 jars | |
| Custard Powder | 23 ozs. | Peanut Butter | 10 jars |
| Fish | 53 stone | Pickles | 8 jars |
| 8½ lbs | Prunes | 203 lbs. | |
| Honey | 28 jars | 14 ozs. | |
| Jam | 7 jars | Tomato Ketchup | 7 jars |
Food Sampling
The Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council has supplied the following information on food and drugs sampling in the Borough during 1958:-
| Article | Total Samples Procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 120 | - |
| Butter | 10 | - |
| Cakes | 10 | - |
| Cheese | 8 | 4 |
| Cooked Meat | 19 | 1 |
| Cream | 6 | - |
| Drugs | 23 | - |
| Fish and Fish Products | 34 | - |
| Fruit - Fresh and Canned | 3 | 1 |
| Fruit Juice, Cordial, etc. | 5 | - |
| Ice Cream | 8 | - |
| Lard | 4 | - |
| Liver | 3 | - |
| Margarine | 4 | - |
| Meat and Meat Products | 48 | 1 |
| Non-Brewed Condiment | 5 | 2 |
| Preserves | 10 | - |
| Sausages, etc. | 15 | - |
| Spirits | 22 | - |
| Vinegar | 29 | 6 |
| Miscellaneous | 18 | 1 |
| Totals | 404 | 16 |