London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southwark 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Informal Samples (cont.):
| No. | Sample of | Result | Action taken |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52a | Pork Sausages. | Deficient in meat. | Repeat sample taken. |
| 65a | Cocoa. | Inferior quality and deficient in fat. | No more in stock. |
| 67a | Health Salts. | Ingredients did not react or effervesce. | Stock withdrawn. |
| 92a | Preserved Pork Sausages. | Deficient in meat. | Formal sample taken. |
| 96a | Orange Squash. | Contained sulphite preservative equivalent to 580 parts of SO2 per million. | Formal sample taken. |
| 133a | Mixed Herbs. | Incorrectly labelled. | Firm notified. |
| 139a | Orange Squash. | Contained excess preservative. | Formal sample taken. |
| 144a | Coffee Essence. | Deficient in caffeine. | Formal sample taken. |
| 194a | Sausages. | Deficient in meat. | Repeat sample taken. |
| 218a | Pearl Barley. | Contained acari ova and their excreta. | Used for poultry food. |
| 265a | Junket Powder. | Incorrectly labelled. | Old Stock. Withdrawn from sale. |
| 272a | Royal Dessert Powder. | Incorrectly labelled. | None left in stock. |
| 324a | Sausage Meat. | Deficient in meat. | Further sample taken. |
| 329a | Savouries. | Deficient in meat. | Sold as savouries. |
| 348a | Vinegar. | Contained a fungoid growth. | Stock examined. All sound. |
| 350a | Sausage Meat. | Deficient in meat. | Repeat sample taken. |
| 414a | Mixed Herbs. | Incorrectly labelled. | Arranged for stock to be re-labelled. |
| 420a | Sausage Meat. | Deficient in meat. | Repeat sample taken. |
| 423a | Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine. | Contained 0.69 per cent. ammonia. | Stock withdrawn. |
| 483a | Herbs. | Did not comply with the Labelling Order. | No more in stock. |
| 495a | Beef Sausages. | Contained 160 parts of sulphur dioxide per million. | Formal sample taken. |
| 574a | Pearl Barley. | Contained acari, ova and excreta. | Used for poultry food. |
| 590a | Cherry Linctus. | Contained no Ascorbic acid. | Stock withdrawn. |
| 620a | Vinegar. | Deficient in Acetic acid. | Formal sample taken. |
| 680a | Tincture of Iodine B.P. | Deficient in Iodine an J Potassium Iodide. | Stock withdrawn. |
| 738a | Self-raising flour. | Deficient in available carbon dioxide. | Formal sample taken. |
| 803a | Zinc and Castor Oil Cream. | Deficient in castor oil. | Formal sample taken. |