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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6. Milk bottle Filmy deposit on internal base of milk bottle
7. Currant bun Material in currant bun
8. Carton of milk Bad
9. Pint of milk Dirty pint bottle of milk
10. Steak and kidney pie Mouldy beefsteak and kidney pie
11. Chocolate eclair Bad
12. Sliced loaf Bristle said to have been found in sliced loa
13. Bread Roll Colouring matter in bread roll
14. Pint of milk Silver paper in bottle of milk
15. Doughnut Doughnut containing foreign body
16. Bread Mould in bread
17. Sliced loaf Mould in bread
18. Sliced loaf Glass in pre-packed sliced loaf
19. Bread Mouldy
2 0. Robinson's Baby food Suspected to be bad
21. Loaf of bread Mouldy
22. Large loaf and small loaf Large loaf mouldy, small loaf maggoty
23. Nimble brown pre-packed sliced load Mouldy
24. Wine gums Wine gums containing foreign substance
25. Sultanas Maggots in pack of sultanas
26. Roll Foreign body in roll
27. Milk bottle Dirty milk bottle
28. Chicken and ham pie Bad
29. Wheatgerm loaf Smell to loaff also slight mould growth
30. Garden peas Sour smell to garden peas
31. Pint of milk Bad
32. Butter (half pound) Rancid
33. Pint of milk Bad
34. Milk bottle Dirty milk bottle
35. Tin of apricots Insects in tin of apricots
36. Empty milk bottle White paint spots inside bottle of milk
37. Tin of Italian tomatoes Inadequate tomato content in tin of
Italian tomatoes
38. Butter (half pound) Rancid
39. Two portions of Chinese Food Two portions of Chinese food sold in old
pineapple tin
40. Apricot pie Large spider in apricot pie
41. Walls Pork pie Nausea after eating pork pie
42. Tin of Scotch herrings Metal found in tin of scotch herrings
43. Loaf of bread Insect in pre-packed sliced loaf of bread
44. Meat Meat off
45. Bread Foreign matter in bread
46. One-third pint bottle of milk Dirty bottle, marks on internal surface
47. Pre-packed sandwich Pre-packed sandwich contained dark green
mould
48. Loaf of bread Mould on loaf of bread
49. Loaf of bread Black substance in loaf of bread
50. Meat pie Mouldy pie
51. Two pork chops Maggot infestation
52. Joint of meat (% leg of lamb) Meat off
53. Bun Nail found in bun
54. Three pork pies Mouldy
55. Tin of Corned Beef Insect and piece of bone in tin of corned
beef
56. Rum Ba Ba Piece of glass in Rum Ba Ba
57. Currants Fly in currants
58. Biscuits Abnormal and bitter taste to cream in biscuit
59. Pork pie Mouldy pork pie
60. Chocolate cake Infeated with insects
61. Sliced loaf 'Lyta' Sliced loaf mouldy
62. Rolls Insects in rolls
63. Angel cake Mouldy
64. Loaf of bread Mouldy
65. Royal currant buns Mouldy