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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

Surbiton 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Table: UNSOUND FOOD.The following table shows the quantities of diseased meat and other unsound foods destroyed or otherwise dealt with so as to prevent them being used for the food of man in the years 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919:—

UNSOUND FOOD.

The following table shows the quantities of diseased meat and other unsound foods destroyed or otherwise dealt with so as to prevent them being used for the food of man in the years 1916, 1917, 1918, and 1919:—

1916191719181919
Beef——1671 lbs.3493 lbs.
Beef offal——78 „1288 ,,
Mutton——65 „32 „
Pork———300 „
Bacon——126 „1019 „
Herrings250———
Mackerel——2 boxes10 boxes
Bloaters——300—
Kippers——200—
Corned Beef———27 tins
Butter———54 lbs.
Cheese—25 lbs.13 lbs.—
Eggs———63
Bread—680 lbs.——
Barley Flour——76 lbs.—