Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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FOOD COMPLAINTS - 1963
1. ½ print milk bottle Watered milk
2. Tin of Pilchards Contained grub
3. 1 pint bottle of milk Dirt suspended in milk
4. Sausages Contained elastic band
5. Frozen beans Contained glass
6. Tin of peas Contained wasp
7. Dutch butter Rancid
8. Brown bread Contained maggots
9. Bread Contained fly
10. Mince pie Contained piece of wood
11. Chipolata pork sausages Mouldy condition
12. Milk bottle Dirty
13. Tin of peas Dirty tin
14. Bread roll Contained rusty nail
15. Bottle of Yoghourt Foreign matter (sand)
16. Bottle of milk Dirty
17. Easter egg Thought to be contaminated by mice
18. Can of creamed rice Suspected to be cause of food poisoning
19. Can of creamed rice Suspected to be cause of food poisoning
20. ⅓ print milk bottle Contained pip of citrusfruit
21. Jar of pickled red cabbage Out of condition
22. Packet of dates Dirty
23. Bread Contained string
24. Oranges One bad
25. Bread Mouldy
26. Fried fish (plaice) Bad
27. Orange squash Unpleasant taste
28. Loaf of bread Mouldy
29. Tin of Peas Unpleasant taste
30. Butter Green and rancid
31. Pork Pie Mouldy
32. ⅓ pint milk bottle Contained metal cap
33. Apple turnover Mouldy
34. 4 pint bottles of milk Small black coloured objects suspended in
milk
35. Wholemeal bread Metal embedded in crumb, and mould on
underside
36. ¼ lb. Ham Alive with maggots
37 1 Pint milk bottle Black dirty looking object floating in bottle
38. Bread Black substance
39. Minced meat Unpleasant smell and taste
40. Green streaky bacon Live maggot
41. Sliced white loaf Mouldy
42. Sausage rolls Mouldy
43. Bread Mouldy
44. Coconut snow cake Mouldy
45. Sausages Mouldy
46. Milk T.T. (1 pint) Piece of wood in bottle
47. Bottle of orange drink Dirt adhering to inside of bottle
48. Bread Contained small screw
49. Wonderloaf Mouldy
50. Bacon Maggotty
51. Milk Contained foreign body
52. Veal and ham pie Mould on crust
53. Milk Dirty bottle
54. Meat pie Mouldy
55. Pint bottle of milk Dirty
56. Bun Bitter taste
57. Cakes Mouldy
58. Swiss roll Contained foreign matter
60. Corned beef Tasted bad
61. Cake Tasted of soap
61. Milk bottle Dirty
62. Cake Contained glass