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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
Edmonton 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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FOOD SAMPLING
I am indebted to the Chief Officer, Public Control Department, Middlesex County Council, for the following details of the work carried out in Edmonton during the year 1956:—
List of Samples procured in the Borough of Edmonton during the year 1956:
| Article | Total Number Examined | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk, new | 90 | 23 |
| Milk, various | 77 | 1 |
| Butter | 15 | — |
| Cakes | 54 | — |
| Cheese | 2 | — |
| Cooked meats | 37 | — |
| Cream | 19 | — |
| Coffee | 2 | — |
| Drugs | 21 | — |
| Fish | 8 | — |
| Fish products | 3 | — |
| Fruit, fresh | 4 | 1 |
| Fruit, canned | 4 | — |
| Fruit, dried | 4 | — |
| Fruit syrup | 2 | — |
| Fruit squash | 3 | — |
| Ice Cream | 15 | 1 |
| Lard | 2 | — |
| Liver | 3 | — |
| Margarine | 4 | — |
| Meat | 25 | 1 |
| Meat products | 4 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 19 | — |
| Non-brewed condiment | 1 | 1 |
| Preserves | 3 | — |
| Sausages, etc. | 30 | — |
| Sweets | 2 | — |
| Vinegar | 3 | — |
| Total 456 | 28 |
With regard to the 28 samples noted as unsatisfactory, the following
comments are made:—
Milk. Twenty-one samples from one dairy farmer were all slightly
deficient in fat or solids-not-fat. A letter of warning and advice was sent to
the farmer. Two samples from another farmer were deficient in fat and
solids-not-fat, but associated and subsequent samples proved to be genuine
and no further action was taken. A sample of sterilised milk was deficient
in fat and solids-not-fat and contained a small percentage of added water.
The sterilisers were officially cautioned.
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