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Malden and Coombe 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]

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Deficient in solids other than milk fat, the deficiency
corresponding to the presence of 10% of added water.
No. 108
No. 109
No. 110
No. 111
No. 112
No. 113
No. 114
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
do.
20°o added water.
8% added water.
8% added water.
6% added water.
9% added water.
13% added water.
Proceedings were instituted in respect of samples
Nos. 103 and 104 of the first batch, the defendant being
fined £1 on each count with £8 costs, and in respect of
samples Nos. 108-9-10-11-12-13 and 14 of the second batch,
the defendant in this case being fined £1 on each count
with £20 costs.
HOUSING ACT, 1936.
OVERCROWDING.
There is nothing to report in regard to overcrowding
during the past year.
Applications to be supplied with the permitted
numbers for houses continued to be received and this
necessitated visits to and the measurement of 24 houses.
FOOD SUPPLY.
As far as possible, watch is kept on premises where
foodstuffs are prepared or sold, which includes slaughterhouses,
butchers' and fishmongers' shops, bake-houses,
dairies, cowsheds, etc.

The following foodstuffs were found to be unfit for food and destroyed:—

Tinned Ham52 lbs.
Carcase of Pork124 „
Carcase of Lamb20 „
Pork68 „
Bacon44½ „
Ham34¾ „
Beef96 „
Lamb14½„
Oxtails and Hearts28 „
Sweetbreads4½ „
Fish25 stone
Shrimps2½ gallons.