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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
Kensington 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Details of action taken in respect of the adulterated
samples are as follows
Sample Nature of Adulteration Remarks
| Butter | Unsound - rancid and inedible. | No further action. | |
| Soda Water | Contained sodium bicarbonate not more than 1 grain per pint. | Particulars sent to Ministry of Food. | |
| Milk | Contained fat 3.73%, solids-not-fat 8.411% corresponding to the presence of 1% of added water.. | Warning sent to vendors. | |
| Milk | Contained fat 3.41%, solids-not-fat 8.41% corresponding to the presence of of added water. | Warning sent to vendors. | |
| Milk | Contained fat 2.92%, solids-not-fat 8*95% corresponding to the abstraction of 2% of the fat. | Particulars sent to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. | |
| Milk | Contained fat 3.24%, solids-not-fat 8.17% corresponding to the presence of 3% of added water. | Summons. Vendors fined £2. 2s. 0d. with £2. 2s. 0d. costs. | |
| Milk | Contained fat 2.90%, solids-not-fat 8.64% corresponding to the abstraction of 3% of the fat. | Particulars sent to Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. | |
| Chop Sauce | Contained carcases of mites and insect fragments - approximately 80 per ounce. | Retailer's premises visited but no further stocks of this commodity held. | |
| Ground nutmeg | Contained insect fragments derived from small beetles and their larvae and pupae, approximately 900 per ounce. | Particulars sent to manufacturers. Retailer's stocks withdrawn. | |
| Ground nutmeg | Contained insect fragments exceeding one-fifth of a millimetre in length, derived from small beetles and their larvae and pupae approximately 1000 per ounce. | Particulars sent to manufacturers. Retailer's stocks withdrawn. | |
| Ground nutmeg | Contained insect fragments exceeding one-fifth of a millimetre in length, derived from small beetles and their larvae and pupae approximately 2000 per ounce. | Particulars sent to manufacturers. | |