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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

Malden and Coombe 1944

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

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Table: The following unfit foodstuffs were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed or handed over for salvage:—

The following unfit foodstuffs were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed or handed over for salvage:—

Beans8 tins
Meats (various)40 „
Fish129 „
Fruit or vegetables18 „
Milk67 „
Soup6 „
Chocolate41 bars
Eggs107
Self-raising flour108 lbs.
Sugar2 „
Figs110 „
Dates81 „
Prunes25 „
Rolled oats28 „
Chicken2 „
Bacon20 „
Ham13 „
Cheese19 „
Fish (wet)966 „
Tea6 „
Gravy powder24 packets
Breakfast food50 „
Jam9 jars
Rabbits140
Miscellaneous20 tins

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In addition to the above much time was spent in dealing
with quantities of foodstuffs destroyed or damaged by
enemy action during the fly bomb period. It would be
impossible, even if desirable, to enumerate all the various
commodities and the amounts as much was so damaged as
to be unrecognisable. It was possible, however, in cooperation
with the Salvage officers of the Ministry of Food,
to save a very large quantity such as sugar, flour and meat
and the expenditure of some considerable amount of time
was amply justified.
Inventories were made of damaged stocks to enable
shopkeepers to claim compensation and refund of points