Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Article | lbs. | ozs. | ||
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Peas | 55 tins | 99 | 12½ | Blown or damaged |
Spinach Puree | 2 tins | 1 | 4 | Blown |
Ovaltine Tablets | 4 tins | - | 12 | Deterioration |
Chocolats Semolina | 24 tins | 6 | — | „ |
Carrots | 3 tins | 8 | 14 | Blown |
Veg. Soup Powder | 47 tins | 231 | - | Weevils and deterioration |
Tomatoes | 1 tin | 1 | - | Blown |
Macaroni | 1 tin | 1 | — | „ |
Halted Food | 2 tins | 2 | - | Weevils |
Syrup | 2 tins | 3 | - | Deterioration |
Soup powder | 1 tin | 1 | - | Damaged |
Peas | 1 tin | - | 10½ | Blown |
Spaghetti | 1 tin | 1- | - | Pierced |
Spaghetti | 2 tins | 2 | - | Blown |
Cocoa | 11 tins | 5 | 8 | Damaged by water |
Burned Vegetables & Soups | 36 tins | 56 | 15½ | Blown |
Milk Evaporated | 283 tins | 257 | 9 | Blown or damaged |
Milk Condensed | 17 tins | 20 | 6 | „ „ „ |
Milk Homogenised | 1 tin | - | 14½ | Blown |
Milk Powder | 2 tins | 3 | - | Deterioration |
Milk Powder | 2 | 8 | Damaged by fire | |
Flour | 340 | - | Damaged by fire | |
Macaroni | 30 | - | Weevils | |
Baking Powder | 392 | -_ | Damaged by fire | |
cooking Fat | 28 | - | Damaged by fire | |
Sugar | 28 | - | Damaged by fire | |
Milk Chocolate powder | 35 tins | 17 | 8 | Weevils |
Shredded Wheat | 1 | - | Contaminated by rats | |
Patent Barley | 5 tins | 2 | 8 | Deterioration |
Piccalilli | 5 jars | 3 | 2 | Sour |
Dripping | 168 | — | Damaged by fire | |
Boiled sweets | 1 jar | 2 | - | Glass contamination |
Pickles | 5 jars | 10 | - | Broken jars |
Chutney | 1 jar | - | 11 | Deteriorated |
Bakewell Tart Mixture | 42 | - | Deteriorated | |
Yeast | 7 | - | Damaged by fire | |
Coffee | 1 bottle | - | 10 | Deteriorated |
Eggs (388) | 36 | 8 | Unsound | |
Margarine | - | 6½ | Damaged by refrigerator leakage | |
Butter | 4 | Damaged by refrigerator leakage | ||
Butter | — | 6 | Rancid | |
Butter | 1 | 4 | Contaminated by disinfectant | |
Rolled Oats | 34 | - | Contaminated by mice | |
Cake Mixture | 1 packet | 1 | — | Damp |
Chocolate | 39 | — | Damaged by water | |
Chocolate | 125 | — | Damaged by mice and maggots | |
Lemon curd | 15 | 8 | Stale and mouldy | |
Oatmeal | 21 jars | 21 | - | Stale and mouldy |
Porridge Oats | 140 | - | Spoiled by rats | |
3 packets | 6 | - | Damp and mouldy | |
Hrtzos | 6 " | 6 | — | Spoiled by rats |
Cake Flour | 20 | - | Weevils | |
Tea | 49 | 8 | Damaged by water | |
Flour | 6 bags | 18 | — | Damaged by water |
Salt | 7 packets | 3 | 8 | Damaged by water |
Sponge Mixture | 1 packet | - | 8 | Damaged by water |
Jam | 8 jars | 8 | - | Stale and mouldy |
Jam | 2 jars | 2 | — | Broken jars |
Jam | 4 tins | 4 | — | Blown |
Larmalade | 3 jars | 3 | - | Stale and mouldy |
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