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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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69
ADULTERATED OR UNSATISFACTORY SAMPLES AND
CONTRAVENTIONS OF FOOD & DRUGS ACT (Contd.)
Blackcurrant Juice, Incorrect description. Label amended.
Cream Cheese "Triple Chambourcy". Deficient in fat. Stocks
exhausted. Distribution discontinued.
Parsley Sauce. Incorrect description. Label amended.
Mint Sauce. Did not contain mint leaves. Stocks exhausted.
Distribution discontinued.
Crab Paste. Contained glass. Producers warned.
Cream Soda. Contaminated by petrol. Producers warned.
Yoghurt. Contained a fly larva. Fined £ 10 with £ 2. 2s. 0d. costs.
Bread. Contained black charred dough and oil or grease. Evidence
inconclusive. No action.
Cream Slice. Contained glass. Fined £10 and £ 5. 5 s. Od. costs.
Shoulder of lamb. Meat unsound. Evidence inconclusive. No action.
Dirty Milk Bottle. Fined £ 100 with £ 10. 10s. Od. costs. On appeal
fine reduced to £25.
Dirty Milk Bottle. Fined £50 with £5 costs.
MILK SUPPLY
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations
No, of milk sellers 72
Licences in force: Pasteurised 68
Tuberculin Tested 44
Sterilised 58
Twelve samples of pasteurised milk were submitted to Methylene
Blue and Phosphatase tests. All were satisfactory.