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 Orpington]
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article | No. of Informal Samples Taken. | RESULT | Remarks | ||
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Genuine | Inferior | Adulterated | |||
Quinine | 2 | — | 2 | — | See (i) (j) |
Rice | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Salad Cream | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Sauce | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
Saccharin Tablets | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Semolina | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Soup (packets) | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
Steak and Kidney Pie | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Sugar | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
Tomato Ketchup | 3 | 3 | — | — | |
Toffees | 1 | — | 1 | — | See (k) |
Vienna Steaks | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Vinegar | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
Vitamin Yeast Tablets | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
Whisky | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
White Milky Bar | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Zinc and Castor Oil Cream | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
226 | 215 | 8 | 3 |
Details of unsatisfactory samples:—
Sample. | Analyst's Report. | Action taken. |
---|---|---|
(a) Bread (Slice) | Inferior—Foreign matter consisted of a pellet of yeast. | No action taken. |
(b) Bread | Adulterated—Contained near the corner of the slice small pellet of rodent excrement about half the size of a lentil. | Reported to Public Health Committee. Strong warning letter sent to Bakery. |
(c) Bread | Inferior—The foreign matter appeared to be due to the presence of a small particle of dough which had become discoloured by contact with oil from the bread making machinery. | An investigation was made at the bakery and circumstances of contamination were explained to complainant. |
(d) Bread | Inferior—Foreign matter consisted of dark brown-black matter extending through a fold in the dough; contains mineral matter and iron therefore lubricating oil. No rodent hairs or other fibres or debris. | Warning letter to occupier of the bakery concerned. |