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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

Beckenham 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

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Table: Food privately purchased, and alleged by the purchaser to be unsoundInstances of alleged unsound or contaminated food sold to the public which came to our notice were investigated, and reported to the Public Health Committee. Details are appended:—

Food privately purchased, and alleged by the purchaser to be unsound

Instances of alleged unsound or contaminated food sold to the public which came to our notice were investigated, and reported to the Public Health Committee. Details are appended:—

ALLEGE COMPLANINTRESULT
April, 1963Foreign matter in Bread.Legal proceedings instituted against Baker-Retailer. Fined £10 and £5 5s. costs.
Mould on Bread.Legal proceedings instituted against Retailer. Fined £15 and £7 7s costs.
May, 1963Mould on wrapped meat pie.Warning letter to Retailer.
July, 1963Mould on Sausages.Legal proceedings instituted against Retailer. Fined £10 and £4 4s. costs.
September, 1963Mould on Bread.Legal proceedings instituted against Retailer. Fined £25 and £10 10s. costs.
November, 1963Foreign matter in Bread.Warning letter to Baker.
Foreign matter in Bread.Circumstances not considered to warrant any formal action.
Dirty milk bottle.Circumstances not considered to warrant any formal action.
Cake contaminated with insects.No evidence that contamination occurred whilst cake was in the Vendor's possession.

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Ice Cream
Eight samples of Ice Cream were submitted to chemical analysis
(luring 1963 and all were found to comply with the statutory standard
for this product.
Sixty-two samples were submitted to bacteriological examination,
as a result of which the samples are graded into four degrees of bacterial
cleanliness. The results were as follows:—
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4
50 12 — —
Only samples falling into Grades 3 and 4 are regarded as unsatisfactory,
indicating some bacterial contamination either in the
manufacture or the retail serving of the product.
Rent Act, 1957
The details of the administration of this Act were referred to fully
in the 1957 Annual Report.
Two applications were received for Certificates of Disrepair
during the year 1963, bringing the total number of applications to
152 since the Act came into operation in June, 1957.
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