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Wandsworth 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST FOR 1964
| Case No. | Nature of Sample | Nature of Report |
|---|---|---|
| Informal 427 | Chopped chicken in jelly | Deficient in meat content |
| 431 | Buttered rolls | Contained fat other than butter fat |
| 432 | Butter | Contained fat other than butter fat |
| 448 | Pork chipolatas | Deficient in meat content |
| 449 | Beef sausages | Deficient in meat content |
| 452 | Fried chips | Rancid fat |
| 461 | Braised kidneys | Meat virtually absent |
| 467 | Fried chips | Rancid fat |
| 483 | Dirty milk | Suspected spot of blood |
| 486 | Chopped ham and pork | Deficient in meat content |
| 487 | Chopped ham and pork | Deficient in meat content |
| 488 | Boned chicken in jelly | Deficient in meat content |
| 496 | Frozen chips | Rancid fat |
| 497 | Frozen chips | Rancid fat |
| 506 | Extra Strong Seidlitz Powder | Incorrectly labelled B.P.C. |
| 507 | Ammoniated tincture of quinine | Deficient in ammonia and excessive quinine content |
| 511 | Sulphur ointment | Deficient in sulphur |
| 514 | Pork sausages | Deficient in meat content |
| 527 | Bread | Fragment of mould present |
| 543 | Cottage cheese | Misdescribed |
| 545 | Margarine | Incorrect size of type used for name of the food |
| 565 | Cream Sago pudding | Decomposed and acid |
| 581 | Beef sausages | Deficient in meat content |
| 594 | Bread | Contained a furniture beetle |
| 632 | Milk | 53 per cent. deficient in fat |
| 635 | Milk | 22 per cent. deficient in fat |
| 650 | Lemonade | Contained a piece of paper and some mould |
| 658 | Beef curry | At least 6 per cent. deficient in meat |
| 666 | Creamed Rice pudding | Unpleasant taste and high acid value due to souring milk |
| 673 | Borax and honey | Deficient in borax. Wrongly labelled B.P.C. |
| 701 | Beef chipolatas | 6 per cent. deficient in meat |
| 702 | Pork chipolatas | 14 per cent. deficient in meat |
| 709 | Bread | Contained pieces of metallic zinc |
| 739 | Borax and honey | Wrongly labelled B.P.C. |
| 769 | Cheese flavoured | Incipient rancidity detected |
| 787 | puffs Pork sausages | 4.5 per cent. deficient in meat |
| 833 | Buttered roll | Contained 40 per cent. margarine |
| 834 | Buttered roll | Contained 70 per cent. margarine |
| 874 | Fruit and nuts | 85 per cent. nuts—should be labelled "Nuts and Fruit" |
| 885 | Milk | Contained piece of polythene lining |
| 886 | Cake | Contained mouse excrement |
| 899 | Horseradish | Poor flavour; deficient in mustard oil |
| 901 | Chopped ham with pork | Deficient in meat |
| 914 | Sauce | Mould present on cap liner and in neck of bottle |