Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Nature of Complaint
Tinned peas alleged to have caused illness
Foreign matter in wholemeal loaf.
Dirty milk bottle
Sour milk in vending machine
Mouldy brown loaf
Soft drink alleged diluted
Ham sandwich smelt bad.
Apples caused illness
Unfit milk in vending machine
Waterproof dressing in rock bun
Black puddings discoloured
Corned beef unpleasant smell
Bad eggs
Roast pork had maggots
Metal in bun
Foreign matter in bottle of milk
Sour milk in vending machine
Nail in doughnut
Foreign matter in soft drink
Condensed milk can alleged to be
rusty
Foreign matter in can of prunes
Metal cap in 1/3 pint bottle
Metal cap in 1/3 pint bottle
Steak alleged to have caused sickness
Mouldy potato crisps
Foreign matter in bottle of milk
Cloth in collar bacon
Fly in can of tomatoes
Sand in rye bread
Sand in rye bread
Maggots in diocolate cream
Brown rice bought in mistake for white
Action taken
No foundation for complaint.
Piece of hard dough.
Warning letter to bottlers.
Legal proceedings following sample.
Letters to baker
No action following satisfactory sample
Letter to vendor.
No foundation for complaint.
No action following sample.
Reported to Town Clerk
Letter to manufacturer
Report to Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries
& Food.
No action.
Warning letter.
Conviction but defendant acquited.
Complainant not willing to give evidence.
Insufficient evidence.
Complainant not willing to give evidence.
Warning letter.
Not rust but milk caramel.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £5: Costs £2.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £10: Costs £2.
Legal proceedings. Penalty £10: Costs £2.
Complaint unfounded.
Warning letter.
Warning letter.
Letter to vendor.
Letter to importers.
Legal Proceedings.
Legal Proceedings.
Legal Proceedings.
No action.
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