London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bromley 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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grease, and insects, nails, part of a cigarette, mouse excreta, and
part of a rodent.
Tinned foodstuffs: Small metal spring, broom bristle, rubber
finger stall, small stone, an insect, and staining from the internal
surfaces of tins.
Pies, sausages, etc.: Small pieces of metal in sausages, bandage
in meat pie, insects, and animal tooth in meat pie.
Milk and milk bottles : Internal stains, cement, fly larvae,
glass.
Chocolate and sugar confectionery: Maggots.
Preserves: Glass in jam.
Cereals: Insects.
Butter : Wire and string.
Cheese: A nail and a fly.
Miscellaneous: Glass in peanut butter, piece of metal in a
steak, maggots in sliced ham and bacon, matchstick in fish cake.
Other conditions consisted of : foul odour in frozen beans,
decomposition of bacon, sour sausages, taste and smell of disinfectant
in milk, abnormal taste in baby food, rusted interior of
can of evaporated milk, and sour milk from a vending machine.
Not all complaints were justified, there were some instances
where the smell, taste or appearance of articles complained of
proved to be natural to the foodstuffs in question.

During 1970 it was found necessary to issue 84 warning letters and to institute proceedings as shown below:—

FinedCosts
FC 561Chicken and ham pie affected with mouldRetailer£25£5
FC 515Pork pie affected with mouldRetailer£15£8
FC 468Bread contained part of a mouseManufacturer£20£55s.Od.
FC 469Bread contained piece of paperManufacturer£15£818s.Od.
FC 530Bread contained insectManufacturer£30£154s.Od.
FC 543Bread contained part of cigaretteManufacturer£40£154s.Od.
FC 557Fly in bottle of milkDairyman£50£1014s.6d.
FC 568Dirty milk bottleDairyman£25£25
FC 539Wrapped sweets contained maggotsRetailer£25£8