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 Port of London]
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Sample | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Action |
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Lumpfish Caviar | 5 | 2 | (1) Contained prohibited preservative — letter to Merchant and local M.O.H. |
(1) Contained prohibited preservative — goods released following further satisfactory samples. | |||
Tinned Shrimps | 10 | 1 | (1) Contained prohibited preservative - letter to Merchant and local M.O.H. |
Tinned Prawns | 5 | 0 | |
Tomato Sauce and Clams | 1 | 0 | |
Tuna Fish Flakes | 1 | 0 | |
Fish Ball Soup | 1 | 0 | |
Curried Clams | 1 | 0 | |
Oysters | 1 | 0 | |
Pike Fish Fingers | 1 | 0 | |
Cod Liver | 1 | 0 | |
Eel | 0 | ||
Smoked Sprats | 1 | 0 | |
Tunny Fish | 1 | 0 | |
Mussels | 0 | ||
Rocklobster | 1 | 0 | |
Hamburgers | 1 | 0 | |
Taro and Pork | 1 | 0 | |
Solid Pack Beef Steak | 1 | 0 | |
Sausages | 2 | 0 | |
Meat Balls in Gravy | 2 | 0 | |
Tinned Ox Tongue | 1 | 0 | |
Dehydrated Chicken Meat | 1 | 0 | |
Braised Chicken | 1 | 0 | |
Curried Chicken | 1 | 0 | |
Corned Chicken | 0 | 1 | (1) Chicken meat content less than 95% - letter to Merchant and local M.O.H. |
Cooking Fat | 1 | 0 | |
Lard | 5 | 0 | |
Pork | 2 | 2 | (2) Meat content less than 95% letter to Merchants and local M.O.H.'s. |
Corned Beef | 2 | 0 | |
Blood Plasma Powder | 0 | 1 | (1) Lead 4 ppm. - letter to Mer chant and local M.O.H. |
Tinned Aubergines | 1 | 0 | |
Tinned Marrows | 1 | 0 | |
Tinned Beans | 6 | 0 | |
Tinned Okra | 2 | 0 | |
Tinned Paw Paw | 3 | 5 | (2) Excess tin — consignment reexported. |
(2) Excess tin — local M.O.H. notified. | |||
(1) Excess tin — consignment surrendered for destruction. | |||
Gherkins | 3 | 0 | |
Capers | 1 | 0 | |
Cucumber | 2 | 0 | |
Asparagus | 2 | 0 | |
Celery Hearts | 1 | 2 | (2) Excess tin - Goods detained pending destruction |
Peppers in Vinegar | 1 | 0 | |
Spanish, Rice Mix | 1 | 0 | |
Italian Salad Mix | 1 | 0 | |
Wheat Germ | 0 | 1 | (1) Rancid and unfit — consignment released for animal feeding purposes. |
Flour | 8 | 0 | |
Instant Mashed Potato | 3 | 0 | |
Scalloped Potatoes | 1 | 0 | (1) Incorrect label — letter to Merchant and local M.O.H. |
Beetroot | 1 | 0 | |
Fry Mix | 1 | 0 | |
Vegetable Stew | 1 | 0 | |
Amla | 1 | 0 | |
Potato Flour | 1 | 0 | |
Dried Turnips | 0 | 1 | (1) Contained prohibited preservative — consignment destroyed. |
Garlic Powder | 1 | 0 | |
Dehydrated Cabbage | 1 | 0 | |
Dehydrated Green Beans | 1 | 0 | |
Dehydrated Carrots | 1 | 0 | |
Dehydrated Carrot Fingers | 1 | 0 |