Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1952
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No. | Date purchased | Sample | Infringement | Remarks |
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792 | 25.6.52 | Ice Cream | 18% deficient in Sugar | Letter to Manufacturer |
815 | 1.7.52 | Ice Cream | 80% deficient in Sugar | Re-sampled. Satisfactory |
905 | 20.7.52 | Ice Cream | 30% deficient in Fat | Prosecution. Fine £1. Costs £2 2s. 0d. |
62 | 18.9.52 | Breakfast Sausage | 29.5% deficient in Meat | Prosecution. Dismissed Warranty proved |
103 | 2.10.52 | Vinegar | Was a solution of Acetic Acid and added colouring. Should not be described as Vinegar | Letter to retailer |
159 | 15.10.52 | Breakfast Sausage | 20% deficient in Meat | Prosecution. Summons against retailer dismissed, warranty proved. Summons against manufacturer. Absolute Discharge — Costs £8 8s. 0d. |
192 | 23.10.52 | Dripping | Contained 3.1% Free Fatty Acid instead of not more than 1.5% | Letter to retailer |
211 | 28.10.52 | Tomato Sauce | Contained 62 parts per million of Copper on dry solids instead of not more than 50 parts per million | Letter to manufacturer |
256 | 7.11.52 | Beef Sausages | Had unpleasant smell suggesting that they contained stale meat | Verbal warning to manufacturer |