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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Chipolatas (Beef & Pork) | — | 5 | — | 2 |
Colourings & Flavourings | — | 5 | — | — |
Cooking Fats & Oils | — | 3 | — | — |
Cough Linctus & Mixtures | — | 4 | — | — |
Demerara Sugar | — | 1 | — | — |
Desiccated Coconut | — | 2 | — | — |
Drugs | — | 20 | — | 4 |
Fish & Fish Products | — | 6 | — | — |
Flour (Self Raising & Plain) | — | 5 | — | — |
Fruit (Dried & Crystallised) | 2 | 10 | — | — |
Fruit (Juices & Products) | 1 | 9 | 1 | — |
Gelatine & Jellies | 1 | 5 | — | — |
Glucose | — | 1 | — | — |
Ground Almonds | — | 2 | — | — |
Halibut Liver Oil Capsules | — | 1 | — | — |
Honey | — | 1 | — | — |
Ice Cream & Lollies | — | 20 | — | — |
Marzipan | — | 1 | — | — |
Meat & Meat Products | 2 | 41 | I | 10 |
Milk | 4 | 2 | — | — |
Milk (tinned) & Milk Products | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
Preserves | 4 | 20 | — | 2 |
Pulses | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Sausages | 2 | 19 | — | 1 |
Slimming Foods | — | 5 | — | — |
Soft Drink | — | 1 | — | — |
Spices | — | 1 | — | — |
Spirits | 6 | — | — | — |
Suet | — | 1 | — | — |
Sweets (including Chocolate) | — | 11 | — | — |
Vegetables (frozen & tinned) | — | 3 | — | 1 |
Vinegar | — | 2 | - | 1 |
28 | 268 | 3 | 36 |
Serial No | Article | Formal/ Informal | Nature of adulteration, etc. | Observations | |
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W.516 | Bread | Informal | Dirty dough. | Baker fined £60 wilh costs. | |
W.508 | Cake | Informal | Alleged to have contained a maggot. | Matter investigated. No further action. | |
W.533 | Chipolatas, Pork | Informal | Low meat content of 58%. | Manufacturers informed. Further sample purchased and found satisfactory. | |
W.514 | Curried Chicken & Mushroom | Informal | Low meat content of 17%. | Manufacturers informed. Description on label amended. | |
W.553 | Frozen Peas | Informal | Contained a fin or flipper of a fish. | Producer informed. |