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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
(a)Serial No. 4656 Stewed Steak with gravy Composition: Meat 69 per cent (low).Correspondence with manufacturer. Repeat samples satisfactory.
(a)Serial No. 4831 Beefburgers Composition: Meat 78 per cent. The standard requires not less than 80 per cent.Correspondence with manufacturer. Repeat sample in progress.
(a)Serial No. 4728 Pork Loaf Composition: Contained a piece of ferrous metal 9 thousandths of an inch thick and ½ by 3/8in. overall. It was plated in parts with zinc and adhering to its surface were fragments of meat and starch. A minute fragment of iron (less than 1 mm. in diameter) was found in the remaining parts of the loaf.Warning letter to importer. Danish Embassy notified.
(b)Serial No. 4571 Pork Sausages Composition: Contained 160 p.p.m. sulphite as preservative without declaration required by the Preservatives Regulations.Correspondence with vendors in progress.
(a)Serial No. 4660 Veal and Ham Pie Composition: A bluebottle in a fragmentary state was found on the meat filling. The absence of phosphatase enzymes in its tissues indicated that it had been heated.Matter investigated. Strong warning letter to manufacturer.
(p)Serial No. 4837 Spaghetti Bolognese Composition: Contained a small fragment of bovine skin with hair.Matter investigated and drawn to the attention of canner.
(c)Serial No. 4592 Fish Cakes Composition: The nail alleged to have been found in the fish cake had fragments of fish cake firmly attached to it and therefore the complaint was considered justified.Warning letter to importer. Norwegian Embassy notified.
(d)Serial No. 4673 Untreated Farm Bottle Milk Composition: Butter fat 2.9 per cent and therefore deficient 3.3 per cent of the minimum amount of fat.Repeat formal sample satisfactory. Producer notified.