London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| Article | Nature of Adulteration or Deficiency | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Sausages, Beef | This article contained preservative. | The retailer has exhibited a notice on his premises concerning the presence of preservative in sausages. |
| Soda Mint Tablets | The tablets contained 0.37 g. of total carbonate whereas Soda Mint Tablets of the British Pharmacopoeia should not contain more than 0. 35 g. of total carbonate, calculated as NaHC03, in each tablet of average weight. | Manufacturers state irregularity due to error in production. Stocks immediately withdrawn from sale. |
| Tinned Stewed Steak | This sample contained 55 per cent of meat whereas, in the opinion of the Analyst, the meat content should not be less than 75 per cent. | The importers hare undertaken to improve the quality of this article. |
| Tinned Rolled Beef | This article was packed in a can with a paper liner which was discoloured by a black stain consisting of mixed sulphide of iron and tin caused by the action on the metal of the can of sulphur compounds derived from the meat. | The Analyst reported there was no evidence that the contents of the can were unfit for human consumption. |
| Tinned Pork Luncheon Meat | The Analyst considers that a reasonable minimum meat content for pork luncheon meat is 90 per cent whereas this sample contained 69 per cent of meat | The importers have undertaken to improve the quantity of this article. |