London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hammersmith 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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64. Foreign matter in milk - No action.
65. Sour condition of pork pie - Letter sent.
66. Mouldy condition of part-baked loaf, - Legal proceedings not
brown instituted - complainant did
not wish to give evidence.
67. Sale of loaf attacked by rodent - No action.
68. Presence of insect in meat pie - Legal proceedings.
69. Lemon and lime barley water - „
• • • • ~~ NQ Action
possible chemical deterioration
70. Dirty pint milk bottle - No action.
71. Bacon and lamb cutlet "off" - No action.
72. Nail in crusty loaf - Legal proceedings.
73. Gritty substance in sausage meat - No action.
74. Rock salmon tasted of ammonia - No action.
75. Composition of rye load queried - No action.
76. Sale of chicken containing maggots - Legal proceedings.
77. Sale of steak & kidney pie in
unsatisfactory condition. No action.
78. Bread loaf contained possible
foreign matter - Warning letter sent.
79. Discoloured marks in pastry of
- Letter sent.
luncheon sweet
80. Maggot in tin of peach halves - Letter sent to Ministry of
Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food.
81. Steak and Kidney pie containing
No action.
insufficient meat
82. First aid dressing in tin of rhubarb - Awaiting further investigation.
83. Mouldy condition of pork and beef - No action as complainant unable
chipolatas to be traced.
84. Unsatisfactory condition of lemon
- No action.
barley drink
85. Dirty 1 pt. milk bottle - Letter sent.
86. Wheatmeal loaf contained screw - Legal proceedings.
Ice Cream
Ice cream is manufactured at two premises in the Borough.
During the year 25 samples were taken for bacteriological examination
and the Methylene Blue test by the Public Health Laboratory Service. The
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