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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST FOR 1964
Case No. | Nature of Sample | Nature of Report |
---|---|---|
Informal 427 | Chopped chicken in jelly | Deficient in meat content |
431 | Buttered rolls | Contained fat other than butter fat |
432 | Butter | Contained fat other than butter fat |
448 | Pork chipolatas | Deficient in meat content |
449 | Beef sausages | Deficient in meat content |
452 | Fried chips | Rancid fat |
461 | Braised kidneys | Meat virtually absent |
467 | Fried chips | Rancid fat |
483 | Dirty milk | Suspected spot of blood |
486 | Chopped ham and pork | Deficient in meat content |
487 | Chopped ham and pork | Deficient in meat content |
488 | Boned chicken in jelly | Deficient in meat content |
496 | Frozen chips | Rancid fat |
497 | Frozen chips | Rancid fat |
506 | Extra Strong Seidlitz Powder | Incorrectly labelled B.P.C. |
507 | Ammoniated tincture of quinine | Deficient in ammonia and excessive quinine content |
511 | Sulphur ointment | Deficient in sulphur |
514 | Pork sausages | Deficient in meat content |
527 | Bread | Fragment of mould present |
543 | Cottage cheese | Misdescribed |
545 | Margarine | Incorrect size of type used for name of the food |
565 | Cream Sago pudding | Decomposed and acid |
581 | Beef sausages | Deficient in meat content |
594 | Bread | Contained a furniture beetle |
632 | Milk | 53 per cent. deficient in fat |
635 | Milk | 22 per cent. deficient in fat |
650 | Lemonade | Contained a piece of paper and some mould |
658 | Beef curry | At least 6 per cent. deficient in meat |
666 | Creamed Rice pudding | Unpleasant taste and high acid value due to souring milk |
673 | Borax and honey | Deficient in borax. Wrongly labelled B.P.C. |
701 | Beef chipolatas | 6 per cent. deficient in meat |
702 | Pork chipolatas | 14 per cent. deficient in meat |
709 | Bread | Contained pieces of metallic zinc |
739 | Borax and honey | Wrongly labelled B.P.C. |
769 | Cheese flavoured | Incipient rancidity detected |
787 | puffs Pork sausages | 4.5 per cent. deficient in meat |
833 | Buttered roll | Contained 40 per cent. margarine |
834 | Buttered roll | Contained 70 per cent. margarine |
874 | Fruit and nuts | 85 per cent. nuts—should be labelled "Nuts and Fruit" |
885 | Milk | Contained piece of polythene lining |
886 | Cake | Contained mouse excrement |
899 | Horseradish | Poor flavour; deficient in mustard oil |
901 | Chopped ham with pork | Deficient in meat |
914 | Sauce | Mould present on cap liner and in neck of bottle |