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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

Bromley 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Nature of Unsatisfactory SampleRemarks
Serial No. 2822
(a)Corned Beef Composition: The can appeared to be a faulty one in that a leak was found in the seam and this would account for the deterioration of the contents.Matter investigated. Warning letter to importers.
Serial No. 2843
(a)Steak and Kidney Pie Composition: Contained foreign b0dy. The object removed from the pie had the structure and composition of a urinary calculus. It consisted of calcium and magnesium, phosphates and carbonates associated with uric acid.Matter investigated. Warning letter to manufacturers.
Serial No. 2907
(d)Milk Bottle Composition: The bottle contained fragments of a card on which there appeared both printing and writing with a ball pen. The card gave positive reactions for a cationic detergent and was readily broken up suggesting it had undergone a washing process.Matter investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 2840
(f)Stoned Dates Composition: In the macerated fragment of date there were strands of tobacco leaf and fragments of paper indicating the presence of part of a cigarette.Matter investigated. Warning letter to importers.
Serial No. 2839
(f)Canned Rhubarb Composition: The material present in the canned rhubarb was a cylindrical mass of gelatinised flour, 1" long by 1/8" in diameter, dyed with Ponceau 4R.Matter investigated and drawn to the attention of canners.
Serial No. F.C.365
(o)Bread
Composition: In the crumb of the loaf was an unaerated dough fragment on which were a series of black dots in serried lines. The fragment was divided between two slices in one of which it was embedded in the crumb and in the other it was locally attached to the crumb. The black areas contained iron, mineral oil and mould and their form and arrangement suggested that they derived from a perforated baking surface or similar article with perforations.Matter investigated. Warning letter to baker.