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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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| Article | lbs. | ozs. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total brought forward | 1,423 | 1 | ||
| Salmon | 40 tins | 36 | 12 | Blown or damaged. |
| Stewed Steak | 22 tins | 22 | - | do. |
| Tinned Fruit | 370 tins | 865 | 5 | do. |
| Pork Loaf | 5 tins | 30 | - | do. |
| Pork Sausage Meat | 6 tins | 9 | - | do. |
| ?ork Luncheon Meat | 37 tins | 92 | 8 | do. |
| Pork Tongues | 2 tins | 12 | - | do. |
| Spiced Luncheon Meat | 3 tins | 5 | 12 | do. |
| Lobster | 2 tins | 8 | do. | |
| Soup | 43 tins | 33 | 6 | do. |
| Beans in Gravy | 143 tins | 134 | 4 | do. |
| Crawfish | 2 tins | 1 | - | do. |
| Prem | 2 tins | 1 | 8 | do. |
| Asparagus | 1 tin | 1 | - | do. |
| Golden Syrup | 3 tins | 6 | - | do. |
| Mixed Vegetables in Gravy | 13 tins | 19 | 8 | do. |
| Diced Vegetables | 4 tins | 3 | 8 | do. |
| Fish Paste | 2 tins | 2 | - | do. |
| Tomatoes | 1 tin | 2 | - | do. |
| Corned Beef | 1 tin | 6 | - | do. |
| Broad Beans | 1 tin | 2 | - | do. |
| Spinach Leaf | 1 tin | 2 | 8 | do. |
| Salad Dressing | 28 jars | 12 | 4 | Da-aged. |
| Marmalade | 9 jars | 17 | do. | |
| Bovri1 | 1 jar | 2 | do. | |
| Apple Jelly | 1 jar | 1 | 8 | do. |
| Apple Sauce | 12 jars | 12 | - | do. |
| Meat Paste | 1 jar | 8 | do. | |
| Fish Paste | 1 jar * | 2 | do. | |
| Pickled Cabbage | 1 jar | 1 | - | Sour. |
| Pickles | 154 jars | 148 | 12 | Sour and mouldy. |
| Pickles | 4 jars | 3 | 12 | Broken. |
| Fish Roes | 1 jar | 4 | Unsound. | |
| Lemon Curd | 2 jars | 2 | Sour. | |
| Lobster Paste | 1 jar | 2 | Unsound. | |
| Butterscotch Drops | 1 jar | 5 | 8 | Damaged and contaminated. |
| Broken Biscuits | 6 | - | Stale and mouldy. | |
| Lungs of two Pigs | 10 | - | Pneumonia. | |
| Crow of Pig | 2 | - | Tuberculosis. | |
| Bacon | 124 | 8 | Unsound. | |
| Shredded Beef Suet | 10 | - | Mould. | |
| Mint Sauce | 1 jar | 4 | Sour. | |
| Household Milk | 14 tins | 14 | - | Deteriorated. |
| Cocoa | 1 packet | 462 | 4 | Contaminated. |
| Fish | - | Unsound. | ||
| Sandwich Spread | 3 jars | 1 | 8 | Unsound. |
| Pickled Cauliflower | 1 jar | 10 | Sour | |
| Horseradish Sauce | 1 jar | 4 | Deteriorated, | |
| Mint Sauce | 1 jar | 4 | do. | |
| Mincemeat | 1 jar | 1 | - | do. |
| Pickling Spice | 1 | 8 | Weevils, | |
| Butter Beans | 444 | — | do. | |
| Rabbits | 41 | 112 | - | do. |
| Coco | 1 tin | 4 | Mites. | |
| Flour | 51 | - | Mouldy. | |
| Bovine Livers | 24 | - | Flukes. | |
| Lentils | 14 | 8 | Glass splinters. | |
| Onions | 77 | - | Unsound. | |
| Milk | 1 tin | 14 | Tainted. | |
| Rolled Oats | 112 | - | Contaminated. | |
| Chocolate Dates | 9 | 4 | Contaminated with oil. | |
| Toffees | 13 | - | do. | |
| Carrots | 115 | - | Unsound. | |
| Sauce | 1 bottle | 8 | Deteriorated. | |
| Grand total | 4.523 | 14 | ||
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