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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. 4610 Bread Composition: Embedded in the crust of the loaf were fragments of a bluebottle fly. The phosphatase test indicated that it had been baked in the loaf.Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker.
(k)Serial No. 4743 Bread Composition: Three slices were badly soiled by iron and mineral oil.Legal proceedings. Baker fined £20 with £15.50 costs.
(k)Serial No. 4764 Bread Composition: The foreign matter embedded in two slices consisted of charred dough.Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker.
(k)Serial No. 4783 Bread Composition: A small moth and fragments of a dipterous fly were present in the loaf.Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker.
(k)Serial No. 4803 Bread Composition: Part of a smoked cigarette, approximately 1 in. long, was flattened against one of the two slices of bread and the other slice had an indentation approximately l¼ in. long by i in. deep, and when the two slices were fitted together the indentation superimposed the cigarette end.Legal proceedings. Baker fined £20 with £14.70 costs.
(k)Serial No. 4821 Bread Composition: A piece of wood ½ in. x 4½ in. x 1/10th in. was embedded in the bread. About ¼ in. of the wood protruded from the loaf. The end embedded in the loaf had dough firmly adherent to it.Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker.
(1)Serial No. 4611 Cake Composition: Associated with the cake was a flat strip of iron 2 mm. wide and 48 mm. long. Firmly adherent to it were fragments of cake crumb similar to that of the sample, indicating that it had been baked in the cake.Matter investigated. Warning letter to manufacturer.