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

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Lambeth 1955

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

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18 Milk containing steel wool
19. Anchovies sold as sardines
20. Pork pie. unpleasant taste
21 Apples unfit for consumption
22. Bread mouldy
*23 Bread containing mouse excrement
24 Bread containing Insect
25. Bread mouldy
26. Meat decomposed
27. Bread containing razor blade
28. Chocolate containing maggots
29. Apple tart mouldy
30. Dried fruit containing maggots
31. Meat maggoty and decomposing
32. Bread mouldy
33. Corned beef containing solder
34. Chocolates containg maggots
35. Bread containing piece of wood
36 Meat containing sisal
37. Cream containing glass
38. Bread containing a fly
39. Milk bottle dirty
40 Bread mouldy
41 Cheese cake containing insect
42. Bread containing insect
43. Mince tart containing hessian
44 Bun containing nail
45 Pineapple unfit for consumption
46 Canned raspberries containing beetle
47 Porage oats containing maggots
48. Bread roll containing string
49 Canned luncheon meat containing foreign matter
50. Sweet wrapper containing an insect
51. Metal foil in orange drink
52 Bread containing a tin-tack
53. Bread containing mice excrement
54. Meat objectionable material in gland
55 Bread crust containing fibre
56. Rice containing mice excrement
57. Christmas cake - maggot and dirty appearance
58 Turkey - bruised condition
* Legal proceedings were instituted in the under-mentioned cases
with the result shown:•
X. Cakes mouldy Fined £10. £5.5.0 costs
9. Brown sugar containing metal Pined £2. £4.4.0. costs
14. Bread containing mouse excrement Fined £3. £1.1 0. costs
23 Bread containing mouse excrement Fined £6. £2 2.0. costs