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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 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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51
MILK SUPPLY
Milk (Special Designation) Regulations
Dealers
Premises
No. of milk sellers 69
Licences issued:-
Pasteurised 62
Tuberculin Tested 42
Sterilised 56
Methylene Blue and Chemical
Phosphatase Tests Analysis
Pasteurised Milk 8
All the samples were satisfactory.
ADULTERATED OR UNSATISFACTORY SAMPLES AND
CONTRAVENTIONS OF FOOD & DRUGS ACT
Article Offence and Action Taken
Jam Tart Contained adhesive plaster. Producer fined
£ 20 with £ 10 costs
Barley & Mushroom Ingredients not set out in proper order or
Soup Mix proportions. Distributors written to.
Minestrone Soup ditto.
Mix
Cream of Oyster Deficient in fat. Importers warned.
Soup
Cornish Pasty Mouldy filling. Producer fined £ 15 with
£ 8. 8s. Od. costs.
Gin Added water 2. 8 per cent. Subsequent formal
samples proved satisfactory.
Pork Sausages Mouldy. Retailer fined £50 with £ 10. 10s. Od.
costs.
Pimentos Contained benzoic acid. No further stock.
Butter Mouldy. Withdrawn from sale.
Bottle of Milk Contained dust and dirt. Retailer warned.