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 | |||
| Rice | From several sacks of rice con-taminated with river water to as-certain fitness for human consump-tion. | Bact. | Satisfactory. | Firm notified and suggestion made that this part of of the consign-ment be re-bagged. |
| Mains Water Supply | From kitchen tap following com-plaint from ten-ant that mains water supply was discoloured. | Chem. | The water was of a good potable quality of excep-tionally low or-ganic content and in other respects similar to the nor-mal Metropolitan Water Board sup-ply. No discolour-isation was ob-served but the presence of iron was noted and al-though the pro-portion was too small to be objectionable it might be that on occasions when the water has remained for a longer time in contact with an iron supply ser-vice, the propor-tion would rise to a level at which discoloura-t i o n would result. | Complainant noti-fied. No further action. |
| Large White Sliced Loaf | Complaint from member of pub-lic that loaf con-tained foreign matter. | Chem. | Specimen con-tained, penetrat-ing the crumb of four slices near the upper crust green streaks caused by the in-clusion of a small quantity of a compound o f copper. | The manufacturer gave a satisfactory explanation b u t was warned of the serious view taken of the offence. |