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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4826 | Pork sausages | Very slightly deficient in meat content |
| 4837 | Chicken spread | Butter wrongly placed in list of ingredients |
| 4838 | Pork sausages | Deficient in meat content (by 5 per cent of requirement) |
| 4846 | "Milk top" | Deficient in fat content |
| 4849 | Lemonade shandy | Deficient in proof spirit content |
| 4858 | Yoghourt | Fermenting |
| 4879* | French bread | Not cooked by genuine French process |
| 4918* | Bread: allegedly damaged by rodents | Evidence of rodents found |
| 4939* | Fish finger: foreign matter | Cotton stitching, probably from sack or bag |
| 4961 | Curry powder | Contaminated with lead compounds (equivalent to 90 parts per million of lead) |
| 5002 | Sal volatile | Deficient in ammonia |
| 5016 | Instant "Non-Fat" milk | Labelling: contained fat |
| 5030* | School milk: foreign matter | Mould |
| 5038 | Pure lemon essence | Labelling: misleading |
| 5048 | Fruit salad | Labelling: ingredients listed in wrong order |
| 5052 | Instant "Non-Fat" milk | Labelling: contained fat |
| 5059 | Fruitarian-Vitanut special | Labelling: ingredients listed in wrong order |
| 5079 | Fried potato chips | Labelling: not correctly described |
| 5083* | Bread: foreign matter | Piece of wrapping paper |
| 5088 | Pork sausages | Deficient in meat |
| 5105* | Wholemeal bread: foreign matter | Match baked in bread |
| 5106 | Pork sausages | Deficient in meat |
| 5116 | Steak and kidney pie | Deficient in kidney |
| 5142 | Sal volatile | Deficient in ammonia and ammonium carbonate |
| 5149* | Milk: foreign matter | Milk solids, dirt and debris |
| 5185 | Pure vanilla essence | Labelling: incorrectly described |
| 5195 | Pure lemon essence | Labelling: incorrectly described |
| 5196 | Fried cod | Rancidity of fat |
| 5197 | Fried potato chips | Rancidity of fat |
| 5198 | Steak and kidney pie | Deficiency of kidney |
| 5205 | Fried potato chips | Labelling: not correctly described |
| 5254 | Pork sausages | Slightly deficient in meat |
| 5327 | Gari | Contained foreign matter |
| 5342* | Lime marmalade: foreign matter | Plastic material |
| 5343* | Bread: foreign matter | Nail |
| 5347 | Prepared cuttlefish | Contained 40 p.p.m. sorbic acid |
| 5384* | Milk: foreign matter | Strip of tinplate |
| 5389 | Outline low fat spread | Labelling: held to be margarine |