London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Merton and Morden 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| Article. | Total Samples. | Genuine. | Not Genuine. | Action Taken. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 56 | 53 | 3 | - |
| Meat Soup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Medicinal Liquid Paraffin | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Milk | 28 | 28 | - | - |
| Minced Beef | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Mint | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Mint Sauce | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Mixed Spice | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Mustard | 2 | 1 | 1 | Legal proceed ings |
| Mustard Cream | l | 1 | - | - |
| Pepper, Black | l | 1 | - | - |
| Piccalilli | l | 1 | - | - |
| Pudding Mixture | 3 | 1 | 2 | Stocks withdrawn |
| Sausages | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Sausage Liver | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Sausage Meat | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Semolina | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Shredded Suet | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Soda Bicarbonate | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Stuffing | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Sulphur Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Vegetable Soup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Vi-Cocoa | 1 | - | 1 | Stocks withdrawn |
| Virox Cubes | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Whisky | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Yeast | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Zinc Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 120 | 113 | 7 | - |
Solids not fat (legal standard is 8.5%).
| 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | — | 28 | |||
Milk fat (legal standard 3.0%).
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3 8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 |