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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
Hammersmith 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Article. | Identification No. given to sample in Quarterly Report, | Result of Analyses. | Legal proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. | Course when no proceedings are taken. | Remarks. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fines. £ s. d. | Costs. £ s. d. | |||||
| Rice | 134 | Contained 0.06% of extraneous mineral matter having the characteristics of talc. | - | No action | - | |
| Icing Sugar | 135 | Contained 1.04% of farinaceous matter | - | - | No aotion | - |
| Tomato Soup .. | 136 | Contained 40 pts. ot copper per million | - | - | Warning letter | Stock withdrawn and destroyed |
| Milk | 282 | 12% deficient in fat | Dismissed under P.O.A. | 10 6 | - | - |
| Tinned Herrings . | 294 | Contained 3.3 grains of tin per pound | - | - | - | Informal sample See No. 343 |
| Tinned Tomatoes | 300 | Contained 2.1 grains of tin per pound | - | - | No action. Insufficient adulteration | |
| Compound Syrup of Figs | 326 | Contained 100 pts. of salicylic acid per million | - | - | Vendor warned | - |
| Tinned "Rich" Cream | 328 | Contained only 20% of fat | - | - | - | Informal sample. See No. 342 |
| Tinned "Rich" Cream | 342 | Contained only 19.9% of fat | - | - | Warning | Suppliers agreed to alter wording on label |
| Tinned Herrings in Tomato Sauce | 343 | Contained 3.3 grains of tin per pound | 3 0 0 | 2 2 0 | " | |
Table VI. continued
| Tinned Sardines | 345 | Contained 15 parts of lead per million and 0.5 grain of tin per pound. | - | - | No action | - |
| Milk | 358 | 10% deficient in fat. | - | - | Letter of warning | - |
| Sedlitz Powder | 401 | The white packet con-tained only 2.0 grammes of tartaric acid in place of the 2.5 grammes required. The blue packet con-tained a mixture of sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt in the proportions re-quired but was sweetened with sac-charine, the latter being a foreign ingred-ient in Sedlitz powder. | - | - | Vendor warned | - |
| White Milk Chocolate | 421 | Contained no fat-free cocoa matter. | - | - | No action | - |
| Milk | 432 | 2% deficient in fat. | - | - | Letter of warning Letter of warning . | - |
| „ | 507 | Contained 3% of ex-traneous water. | - | - | Letter of warning Letter of warning . | - |
| „ | 513 | Contained 2% of extraneous water. | - | - | Letter of warning | - |
| 528 | Contained 6% of ex-traneous water. | - | - | Letter of warning . | - | |
| Spirit of Sal Volatile | 555 | 19% deficient in am-monia and 12% deficient in carbon | - | - | - | Informal sample. |