[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough.

  • Wallsend (England). Local Board of Health.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Wallsend Local Board of Health / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    UNSOUND FOOD. The following unwholesome foodstuffs were condemned during the year : CWTS. QRS. LBS. Beef (Home killed) 3 3 10 Beef (Imported) ... 1 1 18 Bacon 2 1 25 Corned Beef (tinned) 4 3 3 Corned Mutton (tinned)... 1 • • • 18 Chopped Ham (tinned) ... 2 3 » . . Luncheon Meat (tinned) 8 3 14 Sausage Meat (tinned) ... 1 . . . 13 Sausage Meat 2 3 12 Sausage ... 1 2 4 Apples (tinned) ... . . 1 21 Beans (tinned) 21 1 20 Butter • • • 13 Cheese • • • 4 Custard Powder • • • 21 Eggs (dried) • . . 14 Eggs (frozen) 1 20 Fish 1 3 • • • Fish (tinned) 2 1 • » . Fruit 2 2 8 Flour 4 2 26 Ground Rice • • • 1 26 Haricot Pork 3 1 4 Jam 1 3 8 Oatmeal 1 • • ■ • • • Peas 3 • • • Peas (tinned) 1 16 Plums (tinned) ... 3 . . . 14 Prunes 3 12 Prunes (tinned) ... 3 » . • Semolina 1 2 • • • Sugar 1 13 Tea . . . 10 Vegetables 2 3 21 Tomatoes (tinned) Milk, 1869 tins Loaves, 344 Rusks, 72 Fish Cakes, 216 2 Condemned meat is sent to an Artificial Manure Manufacturer, Newcastle, and the .remaining foodstuffs utilised for Kitchen Waste. ADULTERATION, ETC. Action taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, the Artificial Cream Act, 1929, the Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations 1923 and 1927, the Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations 1923 and 1927, and the Public Health (Preservatives, etc. in Food) Regulations 1925 to 1939. The above are administered by the Weights and Measures Department of the Northumberland County Council, and I am indebted to the Chief Inspector of that Department for the following statement showing the number, nature of samples, and action taken during the year