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
Greenwich 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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| Article | How Obtained | Examination | Action Taken | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bact. or Chem. | Result | |||
| Consignment of Cheddar Cheese (9 samples) | Taken from Cold Store in Borough to ascertain fit-ness for human consumption. | Bact. | Satisfactory. | Firm notified. |
| Corned Beef, ex-Ministry Stock (2 tins) | Taken from local Warehouse to as-certain its fitness for human con-sumption. | Bact. | Satisfactory. | Firm notified. |
| Horse-radish Sauce | Complaint from member of pub-lic that sauce had "vile" taste. | Chem. | The sauce had an unpleasant taste apparently due to bacterial decom-position. No ab-normal chemical constituents were detected. | Manufacturer warned of the ser-ious view taken of the offence. Re-mainder of stock at shop withdrawn from sale. |
| Orange Drink | Complaint from member of pub-lic that orange drink contained foreign matter. | Chem. | Contained 2 large growths of fungal slime including several black nod-ules of sporing mycelium and was unfit for con-sumption. | Bottle was only a quarter full and complainant could not recall date of purchase. On in-spection of the re-maining stock no evidence of de-terioration was found and further action was not possible. |
| Grape-fruit Segments, Canned | Complaint from member of pub-lic that grape-fruit segments contained foreign matter. | Chem. | Foreign matter identified as nar-ingin, the bitter principle to which the characteristic taste of grape-fruit is mainly due. This glucos-ide is always present to some extent but is high-er in less ripe fruit and some-times tends to crystallise out when the canned fruit is stored. | Complainant noti-fied. No further action. |