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 Chislehurst]
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P.3S | Luncheon Meat | do. | Contained 70% meat, incl. 12% fat. A reasonable standard is 80%. | No legal standard. |
P.40 | Minced Chicken | do. | Contained 72% chicken. Should have been labelled as chopped chicken in stock. | No legal standard at present. To be kept under observation. |
N.70 | Meat Pudding | do. | Contained 17% meat (Meat Products Order used to require 37½%). Ingredients beef & flour in wrong order on label. | Manufacturers have since revised label. Representations made regarding low meat content. |
P.52 | do. | do. | Contained 22% meat. | Mfrs. undertook to improve mix. Further samples genuine. |
0.56 | do. | do. | Contained 22% meat. | ditto. |
0.45 0.47 | do. do. | do. do. | Contained 29% meat. Contained 31% meat. | No legal standard. ditto. |
0.48 | do. | do. | Contained 33% meat. | ditto. |
0.74 | Turkey Pie | do. | Contained 21% meat. Ingredients declared in wrong order, pastry should precede turkey. | Manufacturer has since altered label. |
0.71 | Chicken Pie | do. | Contained 20% meat. Ingredients declared in wrong order. | ditto. |
0.70 | Milk (Pasteurised) | do. | Contained shampoo sachet. | Warning to bottlers. |
N.73 | Milk (Hot) Formal | Deficient by at least 5% in milk fat. | Supplied as drink in cafe. Props. warned. | |
N.75 | do. | do. | Contained 9.5% extraneous water. | ditto. |
N.77 | do. | do. | Contained 12.7% extraneous water. | ditto. |
0.58 | Cut Informal Mixed Peel | Contained 58.5% soluble solids. Should not be less than 64%. | Further sample satisfactory. | |
P.34 | Apple and do. Strawberry Jam | Contained 69% soluble solids with probable fruit content of 30% (low). | Further sample genuine. |
UNSOUND FOOD.
A total of 5 tons, 9 cwts. 2 qrs. 18 lbs. of food unfit for human
consumption was surrendered to Inspectors during the year.