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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

St Pancras 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Court and Date of HearingOffenceResult of Proceedings
Clerkenwell 6.4.49Added water to milkPlea of guilty. Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £2 10s.
Do.Adulterated beef sausagePlea of guilty. Fine £8. Costs £3 3s.
Marylebone 11.4.49Sterilized milk containing glass.Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £2 2s.
Marylebone 21.7.49Milk with fat abstractedFine £4. Costs £2 2s.
Marylebone 3.10.49Beef sausages containing only 30 per cent meatFine £3. Costs £2 2s.
Marylebone 2.12.49Selling a cake unfit for human consumptionFine £4. Costs £2 2s.
Clerkenwell 5.12.49Malt vinegar deficient in acetic acidFine £2. Costs £3 3s.
Defence (Sale of Food) Regulations, 1943.
Marylebone 2.8.49Salad cream deficient in edible vegetable oilDismissed under Probation of Offenders Act. Costs £10 10s.

Table: Unsound Food Condemned and Destroyed. During the year 1949, the undermentioned unsound or diseased food was surrendered by the owners and dealt with by the Food Inspectors. Wherever possible the food was used for cattle feeding.

Unsound Food Condemned and Destroyed. During the year 1949, the undermentioned unsound or diseased food was surrendered by the owners and dealt with by the Food Inspectors. Wherever possible the food was used for cattle feeding.

Articles.Quantity.Articles.Quantity.
Apricot pulp500 lbs.Cocoa35 lbs.
Bacon18½ lbs.Cod44 stone.
Barley flakes18 lbs.Cod fillets61 stone.
Beef982¾ lbs.Cod roes7 stone.
Biscuits112½ lbs.Confectionery142½ lbs.
Black pudding27 lbs.Conger7¼ stone.
Brawn604 lbs.Corned beef1,098¾ lbs.
Bream fillets5 stone.Corned mutton108 lbs.
Brisket8 lbs.Cowheel50 lbs.
Buns4 lbs.Cream, synthetic5 gallons.
Butter65½ lbs.Crumpets300
Cabbages3 tons.Currants50 lbs.
Cake476 lbs.Dabs15½ stone.
Canned foods5,597 tins.Date paste192 lbs.
Carrots162 sacks.Dog fish133½ stone.
Catfish2 stone.Duck4 lbs.
Cauliflowers1 sack.Eels20 lbs.
Cheese41 lbs. + 159 cartons.Egg—frozen308 lbs.
Cherries, bottled5 lbs.Egg—liquid12 gallons.
Chickens1,408 lbs.Eggs51
Chili con carne39 lbs.Farina2 cwts.
Chocolate4¾ lbs.Figs128 lbs.
Chocolate spread16 packets.Fish cakes648