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
Bermondsey 1954
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954
This page requires JavaScript
(42)
Continued from previous page...
| No. | Date purchased | Sample | Infringement | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 380 | 9.8.54 | Pork Sausages | Meat content 60% instead of not less than 65% | Letter to manufacturer |
| 383 | 11.8.54 | Pork Sausages | Meat content 60% instead of not less than 65% | Letter to manufacturer |
| 495 | 20.9.54 | Pork Sausages | Meat content 57% instead of not less than 65% | Letter to manufacturer |
| 508 | 23.9.54 | Pork Sausages | Meat content 61% instead of not less than 65% | Letter to manufacturer |
| 568 | 9.10.54 | Pork Sausages | Meat content 53% instead of not less than 65% | Prosecution Summons dismissed |
| 589 | 14.10.54 | Margarine with 10% Butter | Contained 686 International Units of Vitamin A per ounce instead of not less than 760 | Verbal warning to importers |
| 617 | 25.10.54 | Pure Butter Brazils | Contained 3.2% of Butter Fat instead of not less than 4.0% | Letter to manufacturer |
| 660 | 5.11.54 | Pork Sausages | Meat content 61% instead of not less than 65% | Letter to manufacturer |
| 783 | 10.12.54 | Prescription | Deficient in Tincture of Ipecachuana to the extent of 4.3 minims per ½ fl. oz. | Letter to Dispenser |
| 790 | 15.12.54 | Plain Flour | Deficient in Calcium to the extent of 7½ ozs. of Creta Preparata per 280 1bs. sack | Letter to manufacturer |
| 815 | 22.12.54 | Whisky | Alcoholic Strength 32.26° instead of 35° under proof | Letter to Distillers and Brewers |