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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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FOOD SUPPLIES.
Unsound Food.
No seizure of unsound food was made during the year.
The following is a list of unsound food voluntarily surrendered and destroyed during the year:-
| Commodity. | Condition. |
|---|---|
| 3 barrels Apples | Unsound and unfit for food |
| 1 box Grapes (10 lbs.) | do. |
| 38 lbs. Apples | do. |
| 1½ cwt. Winkles | do. |
| 1 box Pears (49 lbs.) | do. |
| 1 box Lemon Soles (4¾ stone) | do. |
| 14½ lbs. sliced Breakfast Sausage | do. |
| 1 box Skate Cuttings (1½ stone) | do. |
| 35 Rabbits | do. |
| 1 tin boiled Ham (12 lbs.) | do. |
| 2 legs of Pork (19½ lbs.) | do. |
| Beef Trimmings (2 cwts. 11 lbs.) | do. |
| Beef Messenteries (2 cwts. 24 lbs.) | do. |
| Beef Offal (Plucks, Tails, Kidneys) (2 cwts. 19 lbs.) | do. |
| Pork Trimmings (2 cwts. 1 qtr. 26 lbs.) | do. |
| 44 Pigs' Plucks (1 cwt. 2 qtrs. 19 lbs.) | do. |
| Lambs Carcase (12 lbs.) | do. |
FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928.
958 samples of various foods and drugs were submitted
to the Public Analyst during the year by the Council's
Sampling Officers for analysis; 100 were found to be inferior
and 26 were adulterated. Legal proceedings were taken in
respect of 9 of the adulterated samples, and penalties and
costs amounting to £12 1s. 6d. were imposed.
PHOSPHATASE TEST.
22 samples of milk sold under the special designation
" Pasteurised " were submitted to the phosphatase test
during the year. The results of these examinations showed
that in 19 cases the pasteurising es' been properly
carried out and that 3 samples incorrectly
pasteurised or had become admixed milk.