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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 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Nature of Unsatisfactory SampleRemarks
(k)Serial No. 4343 Bread Composition: Embedded in a depression in the crust was a cockroach which had been baked in the loaf.Legal proceedings. Baker fined £40 with £10 costs and £4.70 analyst's fee.
(l)Serial No. 4214 Slab Cake Composition: Contained a pin adherent to which were fragments of iron-stained dough. There were similar stains in the cake dough, surrounding the pin, suggesting the pin was baked in the cake.Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker.
(r)Serial No. 4321 Poppadums Composition: The ingredients were not listed in the correct order in that salt (4.0%) should have been third in the list of six ingredients and not last. Also "Jiva" was listed and this does not indicate to the purchaser the nature of that ingredient.Article withdrawn from sale for re-labelling to conform with Labelling Regulations.
(i)Serial No. 4182 Pickle Composition: Associated with the pickle was a bent nail about 40 mm. long with a point at either end.Matter investigated. Strong warning letter to manufacturer.
(m)Serial No. 4284 Haldi Powder Composition: The sample consisted of tumeric powder and would be more appropriately labelled as such.Now re-labelled as tumeric. Satisfactory.
(b)Serial No. 4501 Pork Sausages Composition: Meat 61 per cent as opposed to the required 65 per cent.Repeat formal sample— satisfactory. Correspondence with vendor.
(b)Serial No. 4508 Pork Sausages Composition: Meat 63 per cent as opposed to the required 65 per cent.Repeat formal sample— satisfactory. Correspondence with vendor.
(b)Serial No. 4533 Beef Sausages Composition: Associated with the sausages was a 3/8 in. 4BA roundheaded brass machine screw which showed signs of damage and adherent to the thread were fragments of wheat flour and meat, compatible with its having been in a sausage.Matter investigated. Source of screw not positively ascertained.