London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Lambeth 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Dealers Licences | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 122 |
| Pasteurised | 198 |
| Sterilised | 273 |
| Dealers Supplementary Licences | |
| Tuberculin Tested | 21 |
| Pasteurised | 22 |
| Sterilised | 24 |
| Dealers (Pasteuriser's) Licence | 2 |
The following is a summary of the work of Food Inspectors
during the year.
SAMPLING OF FOOD AND DRUGS
(a) For Chemical Analysis
Number procured formally 200
Number procured informally 1,300
Of the 200 formal samples, 158 were of milk, 3 of which were
adulterated, of the remaining 42 other samples two were found to
be adulterated.
| Ice cream and ice cream mix | 337 |
| Ice cream lolly | 9 |
| Hen egg albumen | 2 |
| * Iced cake | 1 |
| Milk | 1 |
| Royal icing | 1 |
| * Cooked chicken | 1 |
| * Meat rissole | 1 |
| Salted pig tails | 1 |
| Cherry nougat | 1 |
| * Jellied eels | 1 |
| 356 |
* These articles were suspected of having caused food poisoning.