Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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7- FOOD COMPLAINTS.
38 complaints regarding the quality, nature and substance of food were received during 1969, as follows:-
Bacon joint | 1 | Marmalade | 1 |
Beans | 1 | Milk | 1 |
Bean shoots | 1 | Milk bottle | 2 |
Bread | 10 | Mince pie | 1 |
Cake | 1 | Pie | 2 |
Cheese | 1 | Russian salad | 2 |
Chicken | 1 | Sausage rolls | 2 |
Cod fillets | 1 | Skinless sausages | 1 |
Crisps | 1 | Smarties | 1 |
Fly eggs on bacon | 1 | Vegetable marrow | 1 |
Fruit cake | 2 | Weetabix biscuits | 1 |
Maggots between slices of bacon | 1 | Walnut layer cake | 1 |
These complaints were all investigated and in. 7 cases formal
action is being taken.
Legal proceedings were instituted in the following cases
Contraventions | Result of Proceedings | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mould growth on loaf of bread | Fine | £20 | 0. | 0d. |
Costs | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. | |
Fly eggs on bacon | Fine | £10 | 0. | 0d. |
Costs | £ 5 | 5. | 0d. | |
Mould growth on pork pie | Fine | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. |
Costs | £ 2 | 2. | 0d. | |
Mould growth on beafsteak and kidney pie | Fine | £20 | 0. | 0d. |
Costs | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. | |
Piece of glass in fruit cake | Fine | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. |
Costs | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. |
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