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 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Case No. | Nature of Sample | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 4521 | Fried potato chips | Fat showed signs of incipient rancidity |
| 4522 | Fried potato chips | Fat showed signs of incipient rancidity |
| 4523 | Fried potato chips | Fat showed signs of incipient rancidity |
| 4524 | Fried roe | Fat showed signs of incipient rancidity |
| 4527* | Meat (silverside): mouse droppings | Mouse droppings confirmed |
| 4530 | Ice-cream | Deficient in non-fatty milk solids |
| 4531 | Ice-cream | Deficient in non-fatty milk solids |
| 4551 | Flower essence | Contained mould and vegetable debris |
| 4552 | Flower essence | Contained mould and vegetable debris |
| 4565* | Bread: cigarette-end | Cigarette-end confirmed baked in bread |
| 4567 | Dried vegetable flakes | Contained sulphur dioxide which was not in list of ingredients |
| 4586 | Cheese | Fat showed signs of incipient rancidity |
| 4587* | Cheese: odour of cats | Odour confirmed but no deleterious ingredients found |
| 4591 | Glucose | Specific rotation slightly low |
| 4609 | Rose water | Contained vegetable debris and mould |
| 4632 | Slimming biscuits | Calorific value 15 per cent in excess of that stated |
| 4647 | Sausages, pork | Deficient in meat |
| 4649* | Whisky and cola: foreign body | Mould |
| 4694* | Cream bun: stale | Bun was stale and cream was sour |
| 4695* | Sausage meat: alleged to contain glass | Two pieces of glass confirmed |
| 4705 | Chicken spread | Butter was listed second among the ingredients but little could be found |
| 4706 | Devilled ham pate | Labelling: "Devilled Ham" only appeared on the top of the lid |
| 4719* | Cornish pasty: mouse dirt | Mouse dirt confirmed |
| 4759* | Pickle: foreign object | Earwig |
| 4771 | Cream cake | Contained artificial cream |
| 4772 | Cream cake | Contained artificial cream |
| 4774 | Instant"Non-Fat" milk | Contained fat: Incorrectly designated "Non-Fat" |
| 4775 | Stewed steak | Slightly deficient in meat content (by 3 per cent) |
| 4782 | Minced beef with onion and gravy | Deficient in meat content (by about 10 per cent of requirement) |
| 4794 | Beefburgers | Deficient in meat content (by 5 per cent of requirement) |
| 4824* | Milk: foreign object | Piece of glass: part of another bottle |