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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. 2874
(o)Sliced Bread Composition: Contained glass. The fragments from the bread consisted of glass having a specific gravity of 2.48 which corresponds with common glass used for bottles, windows, etc.No corroboration that glass was baked in loaf. Warning letter to bakers.
Serial No. 2767
(P)Sponge Mixture Composition: Sugar 51%. Available CO2 0.63%. Sugar was second on the list of ingredients and therefore should not be 51%.Correspondence with manufacturer. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 3088
(b)Pork Sausages Composition: Meat 61%. Slightly below standard.Correspondence with manufacturer. Repeat formal samples—satisfactory.
Serial No. 3001
(b)Pork Sausages Composition: Contained glass fragments. The specific gravity of the fragements indicated that they were of heat resisting glass.Legal proceedings. Case dismissed.
Serial No. 3148
(d)Milk, Pasteurised Composition: On the inner surface of the glass were numerous small yellow mould colonies and a denatured milk film of approximate overall dimensions of1/2" x 1/4" also contaminated by mould was attached to the inner surface of the bottle near the base.Matter investigated. Foreign matter relatively small. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 3050
(d)Milk, Pasteurised Composition: The half filled pint bottle of milk contained 0.17 g. of black pepper free in the milk.Matter investigated. No further action.
Serial No. 3017
(d)Milk Bottle Composition: The deposit on the inner surface of the base of the bottle consists of a hardened sand cement mixture.Matter investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.