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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

Deptford 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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Table: TABLE VII (Continued)

TABLE VII (Continued)

NumberFoodType of SampleNature of IrregularityAction Taken
104Gruyere Cheese.Informal.Contained:— Water 49.5% Fat 18.2% corresponding to 36%, calculated on the dry matter.Taken up with Ministry of Food. No action.
130Cheese.Informal.Contained a large number of jute fibres distributed throughout the cheese.Rest of consignment returned to Wholesalers.
212Prunes.Informal.Deteriorated prunes.Consignment condemned.
167Ice Cream.Informal.Contained fat 4.75%.Taken up with Manufacturer. Follow up satisfactory.
160Oxtail Flavour Soup Powder.Informal.Damaged soup powder.Consignment surrendered.
188Tomato Paste, Double Concentrate, Canned.Informal.Contained tin 3.2 grains per pound, and an excessive proportion of fungus. (Hyphae present in 70% of fields examined microscopically.)Consignment surrendered.
299Chopped Cashew Nuts.Informal.Deteriorated.Taken in connection with the inspection of a large consignment. Main consignment sound.
267Rock Cakes.Informal.The cakes had a gritty taste due to the presence of 0.5 per cent, of sand.Taken up with Baker.
252Prunes in Syrup, Canned.Informal.Contained tin, 2.0 grains per pound.Returned to Wholesaler. Notified Borough concerned.
303Blackcurrants in Syrup, Canned.Informal.Contained tin, 2.3 grains per pound.Returned to Wholesaler. Notified Borough concerned.
254Figs.Informal.Damaged.Rest of consignment surrendered.
356Bread.Informal.Contained several small black bodies weighing 8 grains in all, which consisted of baked fragments of dough saturated with black mineral grease.Taken up informally.
367Buttercream Snips. (Sugar Confectionery.)Informal.Contained butterfat, 3.1 per cent.Taken up informally.