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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Prosecutions
Food & Drugs Act, 1955 S.2
Sale of bread containing a label. Fined £5-5s.0d. and £5.5s.0d. costs.
Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955
Smoking whilst handling fish. Fined £1.
Defective sink, no first aid materials, no lockers for clothing, inadequate washing facilities
and dirty floor. Fined £5.5s.0d. and £l.ls,0d. costs.
Condemned Food
| Tinned Articles | |||
| Baby Food | 88 | Milk and Cream | 385 |
| Beverages | 70 | Preserves | 63 |
| Fish | 254 | Rice | 3 |
| Fish Paste | 6 | Soups | 527 |
| Fruit and Fruit Pulp | 2058 | Tomatoes | 274 |
| Fruit Juice | 148 | Tomato Products | 74 |
| Meat (Processed) | 1265 | Vegetables | 1401 |
| Other Articles of Food Condemned | |||
| Apples | 1890 lbs. | Meat | 1553 lbs. 6 ozs. |
| Butter | 2 lbs. 15 ozs. | Pickles | 43 jars |
| Cheese | 26 lbs. | Preserves | 60 jars |
| Dried Fruit | 934 lbs. | Salad Cream | 98 jars |
| Fish | 35 lbs. | Sandwich Spread | 31 jars |
| Ground Nut Flakes | 28 lbs. | Sauce | 38 bottles |
| Honey | 34 jars | Walnuts | 165 lbs. |
| Lard | 24 lbs. | Miscellaneous | 19 packets |
The Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council has supplied the following table of information on food and drugs sampling in the Borough during 1959:-
| Articles | Total Samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (Various) | 111 | 1 |
| Butter | 5 | - |
| Bread | 2 | - |
| Cakes | 19 | - |
| Cheese | 5 | 1 |
| Cooked Meat | 27 | 1 |
| Cream | 5 | - |
| Drugs | 25 | - |
| Pish and Pish Products | 35 | 2 |
| Fruit, Fresh and Canned | 24 | 5 |
| Ice Cream | 18 | - |
| Liver | 11 | - |
| Margarine | 7 | - |
| Meat and Meat Products | 60 | 1 |
| Preserves | 8 | - |
| Sausages etc. | 20 | 1 |
| Slimming Products | 5 | - |
| Spirits | 13 | - |
| Sweets | 5 | - |
| Vinegar | 12 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 21 | - |
| Totals | 438 | 1? |