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 Southwark, Borough of]
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No. | Description of Sample. | Brand or Name of Packers on Label. | External appearance. | Appearance of Food when opened. | Appearance of Food when cut up. | Amount of Fluid in Tin. | Taste of Contents. | Smell of Contents. | Quality of Meat. | Where purchased. |
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1524 | Boiled Rabbit | Woodland Brand | Sound | Very good | Very good | None, but some jelly | Sweet | Wholesome | Good | 49, Camberwell Road |
1525 | Roast Beef | Eclipse Brand | Sound | Good | Very good | About 1/10 of the contents | Very good | Wholesome | Good | do. |
1526 | Roast Mutton | Eclipse Brand | Sound | Good | Good | None, but some jelly | Sweet | Wholesome | Good | do. |
1527 | Corned Beef | Rex Brand | Sound | Good | Good | None | Sweet | Wholesome | Good | do |
1528 | Lunch Tongue | Armour Canning Co., Chicago, U.S.A. | Sound | B1ack patches, discoloration by the action of the contents on the tin | Good | None | Sweet | Wholesome | Fail | 366, Walworth Road |
1529 | Lunch Tongue. | Armour Canning Co., Chicago, U.S.A. | Sound | Good, apparently sheep's tongues | Sound | None | Good, but salt | Wholesome | Very good | do. |
1530 | Ox Tongue | Fairbank Canning Co., Chicago, U.S.A. | Sound | Very good | Very good | None, but some jelly | Sweet | Wholesome | Very good | 28. New Kent Road |
1531 | Lunch Tongue | Armour Canning Co., Chicago, U.S.A. | Sound | Sound, apparently pigs' tongues | Good | None | Good, but salt | Wholesome | Good | do |
1532 | Compressed cooked corn beef | Armour Canning Co., Chicago, U.S.A. | Sound | Sound | Good | None | Sweet | Wholesome | Fair | do. |
1533 | Ox Tongue | Fray Bentos, Liebig's Extract of Meat Co. | Sound | Very good | Very good | None | Very sweet | Wholesome | First class | 102, London Road |
1534 | Lunch Tongue | Pic Nic, W. & S. T., packed in pure jelly | Sound | Very dry; apparently 4 sheep's tongues | Good | None, but some jelly | Very little taste, not salted | Wholesome | Fair | do. |
1535 | Boiled Rabbit | Bunny Brand | Sound | Good | Sound | None, but some jelly | Sweet | Wholesome | Good | do. |
1536 | Compressed cooked coined beef | Armour Canning Co., Chicago, U.S.A. | Sound | Sound | Good | None | Salty | Wholesome | Fail | 228, Blackfliars Road |
1537 | Roast Beef | Inter-State Packing Cos., Chicago, U.S.A., Abattoir, No. 11 | Sound | Dry. Old meat, which had the appearance of having been re-cooked | Ok. colored. Fat decomposed | I None | Not tasted | Unpleasant | Bad | do. |
1538 | Roast Mutton | Armour Canning Co., Chicago, U.S.A. | Sound | Sound | Good | None | Sweet | Wholesome | Good | do. |