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Malden and Coombe 1943

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

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FOODSTUFFS VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED—(contd.)
Sweets 96 lbs.
Dried Eggs 4 packets
Beef 30 lbs.
Meat trimmings 63 lbs.
Rabbits 50
Bacon 17 lbs.
Sausages 54 „
Sausage Meat 61 „
Margarine 6½ „
Butter 4 „
Cheese 98½ „
Fish (wet) 526 „
Liver 10 „
Biscuits 23½ „
Tea ½ „
Cocoa 8 „
Coffee 1 jar
Flour 2 bags
Split Peas 112 lbs.
Sponge Mixture 168 packets
Miscellaneous 51 tins
Soup *158 „
Milk *844 „
Oxo Cubes *50 tins
*Emergency Feeding Stocks.
There are only two slaughter-houses in the district;
one has been used on isolated occasions.
SHOPS ACTS.
The whole of these Acts are administered by my
Department.
There appears to have been no instance of intentional
evasion.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.
During the year the following number of houses were
found to be infested with bed bugs:—
Infested. Disinfested.
(a) Council houses 1 1
do. (rooms) 11 11
(b) Other houses 4 4