London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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FOOD SUPPLY.
As far as possible, watch is kept on premises where foodstuffs
are prepared or sold, which includes slaughter-houses,
butchers' and fishmongers' shops, bakehouses, dairies, etc.
The following unfit foodstuffs were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed or handed over for salvage:—
| Condensed milk | 88 tins |
| Evaporated milk | 419 tins |
| Household milk | 3 tins |
| Vegetables and fruit | 94 tins |
| Beans | 73 tins |
| Meat and vegetables | 9 tins |
| Fish | 95 tins |
| Sausages | 2 tins |
| Eggs | 577 |
| Oranges | 1,400 |
| Stewed steak | 19 tins |
| Chopped ham | 1 tin |
| Spam or Prem | 2 tins |
| Lamb's tongue | 1 tin |
| Mixed beef loaf | 1 tin |
| Corned beef | 1 tin |
| Alarmalade | 5 tins |
| Jam | 17 tins |
| Wet fish | 74 stones |
| Cheese | 26 lbs. |
| Semolina | 61 lbs. |
| Beef | 40 lbs. |
| Raisins | 2 lbs. |
| Rolled Oats | 4 lbs. |
| Bacon | 62| lbs. |
| Biscuits | 47* lbs. |
| Flour | 30 lbs. |
| Barley Flakes | 63 lbs. |
| Meat or fish paste | 3 jars |
| Marmite | 36 jars |
| Pickles | 2 jars |
| Savourie | 2 jars |
| Spliced sprats | 41 jars |
| Shredded wheat | 3 packets |
| Date or Marmalade pudding | 9 tins |
| Soup | 10 tins |
| Syrup | 2 tins |
| Cocoa | 2 tins |
| Macaroni cheese | 2 tins |
| Malted Soya Cream | 4 tins |
| Butter | 6 ozs. |
A number of interesting complaints regarding food were
investigated during the year, one or two of which are worthy
of recording.