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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
Fulham 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| Article | Formal or Informal or Complaint | Adulteration. Irregularity or nature of complaint | Action taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roll & Butter (No. 2534) | F | Sample consisted of roll spread with margarine. | Legal proceedings. Defendant fined £1. |
| Butter (No. 2559) | I | Free fatty acids in the fat as oleic acid 1.05%. Kreis test for rancidity - Negative. Peroxide value 1. Odour and taste of butter slightly rancid. | Letters to producer and retailer. |
| Currants (No.2566) | I | Contained appreciable quantity of sugar crystals with dust and loose vegetable matter on the outside | Letter to retailer. Further sample (No. 2613) reported satisfactory. |
| Bread Loaf | C | Sale of bread loaf containing bandage. | Legal proceedings. Defendant fined £2 plus 2 gns. costs. |
| Plum Jam | C | Wasp in jar of plum jam. | No action taken "Wasp" demonstrated to be plum skin |
| Junket Powder (No.2606) | I | Label does not correctly classify ingredients nor state artificial colouring and flavouring in accordance with Labelling of Food Order, 1953. | Letter to producers |
| Ice Lolly (No. 2631) | I | Label does not declare type of stabiliser used. | Letter to producers. |
| Bath Bun | C | Metal in bath bun. | Letter to producers. |
| Cream Soda (No.2657) | I | Bottle contained numerous clumps consisting essentially of yeasts with a few mould spores some of each of which were in a viable state, though probably not multiplying appreciably in the Cream Soda. Public Analyst of opinion the bottle had been improperly cleaned before being filled with Cream Soda. | Letter to producers. |
| Bread Loaf (No.2672) | I | Bundles of fibres partially adherent to the bottom of the loaf. Fibres of one kind and resembled hemp in structure. Consistent with having been part of a strand from a mop used in bakery. | Letter to baker. |
| Fruit Drink -Blackcurrant (No.2673) | I | Sold as a Vitamin C drink, not as a soft drink, hence constituents should be declared. | Letter to producers. |
| Milk | C | Dirt in bottom of pint bottle of milk. | Letter to producers. |
| Milk | C | Milk contained arsenic probably due to interference by neighbours | No action deemed necessary |
| Grapefruit Juice (No.2752) | F | Contains 13.2% sugar which is more than is present in grapefruit juice. Description "Grape Fruit Juice" is incorrect. | Letter to producers |
| Bread | C | Foreign matter (insect) in loaf of bread. | Letter to producer. |
| Milk | C | Milk suspected to contain arsenic. | Public Analyst reported negative. Deputy Medical Officer of Health interviewed complainant and referred her to private practitioner. |
| Bread | C | Foreign matter (part of bolt and two nuts) in loaf of bread. | Letter to producer. |