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
Wandsworth 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Case No. | Nature of Sample | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 3604 | Sausages(pork) | Deficient in meat |
| 3605* | Hip flask: nature of contents harmful? | Incorrect labelling |
| 3612 | Orange drink | Excess saccharin |
| 3615 | London grill | Incorrect labelling |
| 3625* | Sliced loaf: mouse dirts | Mouse dirts confirmed |
| 3664* | Salted peanuts: foreign matter | Raw nut and mould |
| 3696 | Soft drink | Excess saccharin |
| 3697 | Canned chicken | Deficient in meat |
| 3698 | Peas and potatoes with curry | Incorrect labelling |
| 3703 | Gourmet powder | Incorrect labelling |
| 3705 | Sausages (pork) | Deficient in meat |
| 3708* | Cheese roll: foreign matter | Dirt and toast scrapings. Two |
| pieces of cellulose tape | ||
| 3716 | Fish cakes | Deficient in fish |
| 3721 | Fruit cocktail | Incorrect labelling |
| 3728 | Margarine (Flora) | Excess moisture |
| 3743 | Fruit salad | Incorrect labelling |
| 3745 | London grill | Incorrect labelling |
| 3798 | Sweet white British wine | Incorrect labelling |
| 3807 | Enriched milk (cream) | Incorrect labelling |
| 3822 | Buttered rolls | No butter present |
| 3859 | Nutmeg, ground | Deficient in volatile oil |
| 3886 | Beef pattie | Slightly deficient in meat |
| 3907* | Bun: contained nail | Presence of one-inch nail confirmed |
| 3913* | Mixed vegetables, canned: foreign | |
| body (insect) | Contained a dead pea-beetle | |
| 3916 | Whelks | Incorrect labelling |
| 3919 | Cheese (soft full fat) | Incorrect labelling |
| 3965 | Enriched milk (cream) | Incorrect labelling (see No. 3807) |
| 3970 | Orange crush | Slight excess of saccharin |
| 3973* | Milk bottle: foreign matter | Mould and dried milk |
| 3976 | Praline chocolate | Incorrect labelling. No English wording |
| 3988 | M ixed vegetables | Incorrect labelling |
| 3996 | Fish cakes | Incorrect labelling |
| 3997 | Scallion | Contained prohibited preservative |
| 4000 | Alimentary paste | Incorrect labelling |
| 4041 | Peche viennoise | Incorrect labelling |
| 4048 | Chicken curry with rice | 14 % deficient in meat |
| 4049* | Milk: dirty bottle | Contained dried milk, dirt and mould |
| 4058 | Fancy fruit salad | Incorrect labelling |
| 4087* | Milk: dirty bottle | Contained vegetable material and mould |
| 4088 | Ice-cream | 4 % deficient in milk solids-not-fat |
| 4089 | Ice-cream | 4% deficient in milk solids-not-fat |
| 4093 | Ice-cream | 7% deficient in milk solids-not-fat |