London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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a container upon which was not written each of the ingredients of
which the said pills were compounded,. The vendor was fined £3 and
ordered to pay £1 10 costs.
Bacteriological Examination of Food
The pathological laboratory in the Health Centre was used when
ever possible during the year for the routine examination of various
types of food and whenever suspicion of contamination arose.
During the past year several types of foodstuffs have been sub-mitted for bacteriological examination in addition to the usual routine examination of milk and ice cream as indicated in the following list
| Canned Hams | 13 |
| Canned Ox Tongue | 2 |
| Corned Beef | 2 |
| Other Meat Products | 5 |
| Meat and Fish Pastes | 5 |
| Minced Meat | 1 |
| Roast Beef | 1 |
| Jellied Eels | 1 |
| Evaporated Milk | 6 |
| Skimmed Milk Powder | 1 |
| Angel Cake | 1 |
| Cream Sandwich | 1 |
| Wines & Spirits | 29 |
| Frozen Foods | |
| Fish Fillets | 11 |
| Fish Fingers | 5 |
| Chicken Fillets | 1 |
| Vol au Vent | 1 |
| Chicken Puffs | 1 |
| Pork Fingers | 1 |
| Lamb Chops | 1 |
| Sausages | 9 |
| Peas | 1 |
| Total | 99 |
Some of the samples have been submitted as the result of com
plaints from the general public but in many cases it has been thought
necessary to have detailed checking of the quality of the product from
a bacteriological aspect Foods which have been submitted in this
latter category are as follows.