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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Case No. | Nature of Sample | Report |
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2576 | Ice-cream | Deficient in non-fatty milk solids. |
2577 | Ice-cream | Deficient in non-fatty milk solids. |
2604 | Tincture of quinine | Deficient in ammonia. |
2611 | Blue colour (food dye) | Contained prohibited colour (Blue VRS). |
2671 | Tincture of quinine | Deficient in ammonia. |
2684 | Special seasoning | Contained undeclared preservative. |
2686 | Ground nutmeg | Deficient in volatile oil. |
Foreign matter in bread | Contained rodent excrement. | |
2728* | Foreign matter in ginger ale | Contained yeast and mould. |
2743 | Black eye beans | Showed signs of insect infestation. |
2744 | Peeled tomatoes (canned) | Part of one whole tomato found. |
2823 | Rasim powder | Excess salt and label did not include a common English name. |
2824 | Prawn curry | Dried, imperfectly-peeled prawns had been used. |
2831 | Ground nutmeg | Deficient in volatile oil. |
2833 | Milk | Deficient in fat. |
2868* | Courgettes | Bitter taste due to development of a natural bitter principle. |
2872 | Digoxin tablets | Deficient in digoxin. |
2887* | Foreign matter in bread roll | Contained dirty dough. |
2899 | Liquorice, linseed and chlorodyne tablets | Excess chloroform. |
2908 | Ground nutmeg | Deficient in volatile oil. |
2932 | Margarine | Labelling offence. |
2933 | Butter | Slight excess of water. |
2942 | Margarine | Slight excess of water. |
2975 | Ground caraway | Deficient in volatile oil. |
3017 | Katar | Labelling label contained no English. |
3018 | Mikger (flavouring) | Labelling—label contained no English. |
3019 | Jiffi-Jellie | Misleading illustration on cap. |
3022 | Fruit yoghourt | Deficient in fruit. |
3027 | Orange juice | Deficient in fruit. |
3028 | Chamley | Inadequate description on label. |
3032 | Low-fat spread | Excess water, |
3071 | Ice-cream | Deficient in non-fatty milk solids. |
3075 | Pork sausages | Deficient in meat. |
3079 | Fried chips | Incipient rancidity of fat. |
3080 | Fried roe | Incipient rancidity of fat. |
3081 | Fried chips | Incipient rancidity of fat. |
3105 | Fruit pastilles | Contained non-permitted colour. |
3123 | Soft cheese (medium fat) | Excess fat. |
3141* | Wrapped sliced loaf: contained beetle | Beetle appeared to have been cooked in loaf. |
3142* | Cooked chicken | Red stains confirmed as a dye of some kind but not identified. |
3144* | Creamed macaroni pudding | Sourness due to high acidity. |
3146 | Cream cake | Contained fat other than butter fat. |
3153 | Cream cake | Contained fat other than butter fat. |