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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
Lambeth 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Article | Result of Analysis | Action Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Buttered bread roll | Roll spread with margerine | Personal warning to vendor, further samples satisfactory. |
| Steak and Kidney pie | Unfit for human consumption | Matter taken up with suppliers and manufacturers. |
| Olives | Unfit for human consumption | Attention of " vendor called to complaint. Olives replaced. |
| Buttered bread | Butter content of fat not exceeding 30% | Personal warning to vendor, further samples satisfactory. |
| Iced sponge cake | Mould present | Attention of vendor called to c cmplaint. |
| Hamburger | Meat content 74.5% | In the absence of a standard no prosecution was advised. |
| Milk bottle | Builders mortar present | Warning letter to Dairy |
| Bottle of Milk | Insufficiently cleaned before filling. | Matter taken up with Dairy. |
| Pork sausages | Meat content 56.5% | Referred to Metropolitan Borough Standing Joint Committee with a recommendation that the Ministermake a standard for the meat content of sausages. |
| Buttered bread roll | Butter virtually absent | Personal warning to vendor, furthersamples satisfactory. |
| Instant Coffee | 30 parts of sulphur dioxide in excess | Repeat sample taken formally - result genuine |
| Roll and butter | Outer surface contaminated with filth | Attention of Cafe Proprietor called to offence. |
| Cough sweets | Deficient in chloroform at least 25% | Formal sample purchased. Manufacturing chemist is amending formula. |