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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
Bromley 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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(4) Failure of slaughterer to notify diseased conditions (pig) Pig killed outside, but
found in a Bromley
shop. Adjoining district
gave warning to
person concerned.
Other Unsound Food Seized or Surrendered.
| Article of Food. | Quantity. | Weight in lbs. |
|---|---|---|
| Smoked Codlings | 6 boxes | 84 |
| Sweets | 8 tins | 56 |
| Sweets | 3 bottles | 21 |
| Crabs | 1 box of 74 | 60 |
| White Cherries | 10 baskets | 240 |
| Cod | 1 box | 112 |
| Marmalade | 8 jars | 96 |
| Piccalilli | 1 bottle | 6 |
| Strawberry Jam | 2 jars | 24 |
| Mincemeat | 6 jars | 6 |
| Anchovy Paste | 1 pot | |
| Paste | 13 jars | 6½ |
| Escallops | 1 bag | 120 |
| Preserved Tomatoes | 1 tin | ½ |
| Apricots | 7 tins | 7 |
| Rabbits | 10 | |
| Meat (from animals not slaughtered in Bromley) . | 63 portions | 156 |
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
The following tabulation gives particulars of the
work of the Food and Drugs Inspector in Bromley during
1931: —
Number of samples taken 128
Genuine 127
Adulterated 1
Inferior -
Prosecutions 1
The adulterated sample was Ground Cinnamon.
The vendors were convicted and fined £5 and £5 5s. 0d.
costs.