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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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(b) Ice-cream
100 samples were taken, mostly from manufacturers, of which 93 reached
grades 1 or 2 when subjected to the methylene blue test.
The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year 1955 and preceding years. -
| 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | Samples | % | |
| Satisfactory-Grade I | 86 | 48.31 | 92 | 59.35 | 101 | 81.45 | 77 | 74.78 | 70 | 70 |
| Grade II | 47 | 26.41 | 40 | 25.81 | 14 | 11.29 | 16 | 15.52 | 23 | 23 |
| Unsat isfactory Grade III | 26 | 14.61 | 14 | 9. 03 | 6 | 4. 84 | 6 | 5.82 | 4 | 4 |
| Grade IV | 19 | 10.67 | 9 | 5. 81 | 3 | 2.42 | 4 | 3.88 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 178 | 100.00 | 155 | 100.00 | 124 | 100.00 | 103 | 100. 00 | 100 | 100.0 |
(c) Synthetic cream
24 samples were reported to be satisfactory.
(d) Other commodities
22 were all satisfactory.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The following 10 prosecutions were undertaken during 1955 under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938 -
| No. | Court and Date of Hear ing | Offence | Result of Proceedings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fines | Cost | |||||||
| s | d | s | d | |||||
| l | Marylebone 17.2.55 | Particles of glass in bread | - | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Marylebone 3.5.55 | Mouse dirt in milk | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 3 | Clerkenwell 16.5.55 | Beetle in sauerkraut | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Clerkenwell 17.5,55 | Cigarette end in cake | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Clerkenwell 17.5.55 | Accumulation of filth in room where food is prepared | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 6 | Clerkenwell 17.5 55 | Failure to prevent risk of contamination of food in bakehouse | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 7 | Clerkenwell 17,5.55 | Failure to display notice -flashing of hands | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | ||
| 8 | Clerkenwell 29, 9, 55 | Beetle infestation in twiglets | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Clerkenwell 29 , 9.55 | -do- | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Clerkenwell 10.11.55 | Piece of metal in loaf of bread | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | ||