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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST FOR 1960 47
Case No. | Nature of Sample | Nature of Report |
---|---|---|
Formal 411 | Glauber's Salt | Anhydrous sodium sulphate |
Informal 169 | Non-brewed condiment | 2% deficient in acetic acid |
180 | Corned beef | Material composed in part of skin and hair |
181 | Bread | Dirty mineral grease present |
182 | Creamery butter | Contained mould structures |
183 | Creamery butter | Contained mould structures |
195 | Australian apples | In wrappers treated with paraffin oil |
218 | Pork chipolatas | Meat content 58 % |
257 | Pork chipolatas | Meat content 48 % |
258 | Pork chipolatas | Meat content 57% |
259 | Pork sausages | Meat content 56% |
320 | Bread | Contained a small flour moth |
361 | Shredded beef suet | 7 % deficient in fat |
364 | Salted peanuts | Rancid |
501 | Chocolate cream bun | Contained a sliver of wood baked in the bun |
514 | Lamb kidneys | Contained calculi of calcium oxalate |
547 | Milk bottle | Contained dirt; chiefly mycelia of moulds |
548 | Margarine | Rancid |
549 | Margarine | Rancid |
561 | Pork sausages | Meat content 55 % |
563 | Orange juice | Contained dirt; chiefly mycelia of moulds |
671 | Bread | Contained a bundle of artificial fibres |
733 | Bread roll | Machinery grease present |
765 | Cream cake | Matted fibres present |
825 | Fruit cake | Glass baked in cake present |
829 | Glauber's Salt | Anhydrous sodium sulphate |
888-903 | Chocolate liqueurs | Minute amounts of proof spirit only present |
904 | Bread | Appearance unsatisfactory, due to unsightly dough |
923 | Glace cherries | Preserved with benzoic acid |
Adulteration
The amount of adulteration detected during the year was:
For formal samples 0.44 per cent.
For informal samples 5.53 per cent.
For all samples 4.4 per cent.