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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

Hampstead 1936

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

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Table: The following tables show the formal and informal samples found to be adulterated, etc., the nature of adulteration or other irregularity and the action taken:— Formal Samples.

The following tables show the formal and informal samples found to be adulterated, etc., the nature of adulteration or other irregularity and the action taken:— Formal Samples.

No. of Sample.Article.Analyst's Report.Action taken.
29Cream CheeseNot cream cheese but a product of milk. Soft on account of large proportion of water.Fined £2 and £5 5s. costs.
38Hot Chocolate Milk Shake.Total solids 14.9 per cent., Fat 1.3 per cent., some evidence of cocoa. Sample deficient in fat.Cautioned.
340Dutch MusselsBenzoic acid 750 parts per million.Prosecuted, £1 10s. costs only.
368Beef SausagesSulphur dioxide 240 parts per million.Fined £5, and £1 11s. 6d. costs.
388Barbadoes SugarSulphur dioxide 140 parts per million; tin 21 grains per lb.Fined £3, and £2 2s. costs.
411Raw SugarTin 0.9 grains per lb.Cautioned.
64Minced BeefSulphur Dioxide 50 parts per million.Cautioned.
102Minced BeefSulphur Dioxide 60 parts per million.Cautioned.
66SardinesLead 80 parts per millionCautioned.
409MilkDeficient in milk fat to extent of 66 per cent.Fined £10, and £3 3s. costs.
402ButterContained a slight excess of water.No action.
89Cream CheeseNot cream cheese but a product of partly skimmed milk. Soft on account of large pro-portion of water present.Prosecuted, £3 3s. costs only.
447Barbadoes SugarTin 30 grains per lb.Cautioned.
215SardinesLead 30 parts per millionCautioned.
475Demerara SugarTin 10 grain per lb.No action.
274Plum JamDeficient in total soluble solids to the extent of 7.5 per cent.Cautioned.
233| Bread and ButterThe fat on this consisted of a mixture of butter and margarine in equal proportions.Cautioned.
480Demerara SugarTin 11 grains per lb.No action.
238Cream CheeseNot cream cheese, but a product of skimmed milk. Soft on account of the large proportion of water present.Summons with-drawn.