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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
Chigwell 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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Legal action was taken in four cases, each resulted in a conviction.
| Stratford | Dirty Milk Bottle | Fine | £ 5. | 0. | 0d. |
| Costs | £ 1. | 1. | 0d. | ||
| Stratford | Dirty Milk Bottle | Fine | £10. | 0. | 0d. |
| Costs | £ 4. | 6. | 0d. | ||
| Epping | Foreign body in | Fine | £ 5. | 0. | 0d. |
| Milk Bottle | Costs | £13. | 6. | 9d. | |
| * Epping | Contaminated | Fine | £20. | 0. | 0d. |
| Ice Cream | Costs | £17. | 17. | 0d. |
* This was not the result of a complaint.
Two cases in which legal action was taken were pending at the
end of 1957. These cases were heard at Epping on 24th January, 1958,
and resulted as follows:-
Mould in sausage rolls Pine £2. 0. 0d.
Rodent excreta in meat faggots Fine £3. 0. 0d.
All complaints are investigated and samples are sent, if
necessary, to the Public Analyst or Health Service Laboratories. In
two instances complaints were passed on to another Local Authority
as the goods were purchased in their district.
(9) Bakehouses:
There are 17 bakehouses in the District, 9 in present use and
8 are closed. Two new bakehouses have been opened during the year
(f) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food & Drugs:
The following is a list of articles submitted to the Public
Analyst in 1958:-
Almonds, ground 1 Genuine
Butter 1 "
Cider vinegar 2 "
Cream, double 3 "
Cream, single 2 "
Cream, sterilized 1 "
Dandelion coffee 1 (l)
Farex 1 Genuine
Flour, Self Raising 1 "
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