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 Merton & Morden]
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Description. | Amount. | Cause. |
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Sausage Meat | 30 lbs. | Unsound |
Chicken | 403 lbs. | Decomposition and putrefaction |
Rabbits | 60½ lbs. | Unsound |
Turkey | 17¼ lbs. | Decomposition |
Fish Cakes | 144 | Sour |
Sultanas | 60 lbs. | Mouldy |
Dried Peaches | 90 lbs. | Mouldy and unsound |
Chestnuts | 84 lbs. | Unsound |
Barley | 60 lbs. | Grub infested |
Bananas | 71 lbs. | Soft and mouldy |
Cherries | 60 lbs. | Unsound |
Butter Beans | 3 cwts. | Grub infested |
Dried Peas | 115 lbs. | Grub infested |
Maltebars | 50 | Grub infested |
Cheese Trimmings | 12½ lbs. | Unsaleable |
Jam | 32 lbs. | Broken jars |
Dates | 60 lbs. | Mould and fermentation |
Mustard | 32 pkts. | Below standard |
Fish Paste | 1¼ ozs. | Broken jar |
Invalid Jelly | 1 jar | Mould |
Granulated Sugar | 16i lbs. | Contaminated by acid and damaged by water |
Breakfast Cereals | 36 pkts. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Jelly Crystals | 28 pkts. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Cake Mixture | 181 pkts. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Barley Flakes | 6 pkts. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Steamed Pudding | 17 pkts | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Semolina | 152 lbs. | Unsound, grub infested and ropey |
Biscuits | 10 lbs. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Dried Egg | 58 pkts. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Cocoa | 42 tins | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Bicarbonate of Soda | 14 tins | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Beef Cubes | 34 | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Marmalade | 1 lb. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Margarine | 2 ozs. | Rancid |
Bread | 2 lbs. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Flour | 15 lbs. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Baking Soda | 16 lbs. | Damaged by burst water pipes |
Eggs | 152 | Unsound |
Spaghetti | 28 lbs. | Mould |
Pudding Mixture | 14 pkts. | Damaged |
Coffee | ½ lb. | Damaged |
Piccalilli | 1 jar | Sour |
Soup Powder | 1 pkt. | Damaged |
Tinned Meat, Milk, Fish, Vegetables, Fruit, etc. | 2,470 tins | Blown, opened, pierced, leaking and unsound |