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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
Mitcham 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]
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Informal Samples.
Fifty-nine informal samples were taken as follows:—
| Blancmange, Custard Powders, etc. | 7 | Digestion Tablets | 1 |
| Saccharine Tablets | 1 | ||
| Sa n d w i c h Spreads, Pastes, etc. | 5 | Sage and Onion Stuffing | 1 |
| Tomato Soup | 1 | ||
| Dessert Pudding Mixtures | 4 | Beef Cubes | 1 |
| Cake | 1 | ||
| Pepper Compound | 4 | Table Jellies | 1 |
| White Pepper | 2 | Apple Juice | 1 |
| Milk | 4 | Tinned Spaghetti and | |
| Yoghourt | 1 | Sausages | 1 |
| Milk Whipping Compound | 1 | Luncheon Meat | 1 |
| Sild | 1 | ||
| Pickles, Sauces, Salad Cream, etc. | 5 | Broth | 1 |
| Ground Ginger | 1 | ||
| Swiss Roll | 2 | Flavouring | 1 |
| Sausage Meat | 1 | Breadcrumbs | 1 |
| Pie Crust | 1 | Icing | 1 |
| Gravy Powder | 1 | Nougat | 1 |
| Baking Powder | 1 | Honey | 1 |
| Aspirin Tablets | 1 | Rice | 1 |
One case, regarding a dirty milk bottle, was dismissed on the
grounds that the offence had been committed at the premises
where the milk was bottled, and that the address of those
premises was outside the jurisdiction of the Court.
Proceedings were instituted against a manufacturer for an
infringement of the Labelling of Food Order, 1946, and the
Defence (Sale of Food) Regulations, 1943, in respect of an article
sold as pepper compound. A fine of £1 and £5 5s. costs were
awarded on each of two summonses.
Ice-Cream.
Four premises in the Borough are registered for the manufacture
of ice-cream, and one hundred and twelve for the storage
of ice-cream. Two hundred and eighty visits were paid during
the year.