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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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| Sample No. | Article. | Offence. | How dealt with. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | Iced cake | Unpleasant taste due to the use of rancid margarine. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
| 185 | Cream cheese | Cheese spread. Contained only 16 . 24 per cent, milk fat. | Warning letter. |
| 186 | Cream cheese | Cheese spread. Contained only 49.09 per cent, milk fat. | Warning letter. |
| 189 | Pork brawn | Unfit for human consumption. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
| 322 | Dried thyme | Contained 5 per cent, sand and silicious matter. | Manufacturer cautioned. |
| 332 | Tomato ketchup | Mouldy and unfit for human consumption. | Manufacturer cautioned. Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
| 348 | Golden raising powder. | Deficient in available carbon dioxide. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
The percentage of adulterated samples in 1952 was; 1.97 per cent,
as compared with 3 per cent, in 1951 and 1.6 per cent, in 1950.
WRAPPING OF SWEETMEATS BY OUTWORKERS.
Complaints were received of the manner in which certain confectionery
was being packed and despatched by outworkers. Upon investigation,
it was found that some thirty housewives were packing fruitflavoured
tablets at home and delivering them to a manufacturer's agent
at a garage, from whence they were transported to retailers. No lists
of outworkers had been submitted to the Local Authority in accordance
with the requirements of the Act. This was taken up with the manufacturer
as also was the unsatisfactory condition of the hygiene of certain
of the Homeworkers' premises. Lists of outworkers were then submitted
with the deletion of the unsatisfactory premises.
Owing to the prevalence of this type of outwork throughout the
metropolis, the matter has been reported to the Metropolitan Boroughs'
Standing J oint Committee with a view to the prohibition of this undesirable
practice.
FREE WASHING FACILITIES—PUBLIC CONVENIENCES.
In connection with the clean food drive, the Council has provided
free washing facilities at its four public conveniences. Liquid soap and
paper hand towels are available. Increasing use is apparently being made
of this facility by the general public and street traders, some 16,000
towels having been issued.