London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Merton and Morden 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]

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UNSOUND FOOD—1941.

Description.Cause of Condemnation.
Bacon—4¾lbs.Bone taint
Soup—15 tinsUnsound
Sardines—79 tins
Meat Pies—4½ doz.
Pork Sausage—28 lbs.
Salmon—316 tins
Herrings—11 tins
Witch Soles—2 stone
Pig's Kidney—1
Pineapple—936 tins
1942
Description.Cause of Condemnation.
Beef—130½ lbs.Tuberculosis
Baked Beans—333 TinsUnsound
Butter—5½ lbs.
Corned Beef—57 Tins
Cheese—65 lbs.
Calf's Head—1Decomposition
Carrots—28 TinsUnsound
Cod—10 stone
Eggs—60
Ham—43 Tins
Herrings—17 Tins
Luncheon Meat—17 Tins
Luncheon Pork—50 Tins
Margarine—6 lbs.
Mackerel—21 Tins
Milk—527 Tins
Peas—302 Tins
Pineapple—159 Tins
Pilchards—60 Tins
Plums—675 Tins
Peaches—72 Tins
Salmon—42 Tins
Soups—71 Tins
Sausage Meat—81 Tins
Sago—2 cwts.
Lamb—1 carcase 24 lbs.Decomposition
Pig—1 carcase 40 lbs.Tuberculosis
Tomatoes—68 TinsUnsound

Meat Inspection. The establishment of central abattoir
schemes since the war has resulted in practically all meat
coming into the district from wholesale markets outside the
district.
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