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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. 3217
(d)Milk Composition: The material adhering to the inner surface of the bottle consisted of dried milk solids and dust.Matter investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 3230
(d)Milk Composition: The material adhering to the inner surface of the bottle consisted of dried milk solids and dust.Matter investigated. Warning letter to Dairy,
Serial No. 3242
(d)Milk Composition: The foreign matter consisted of light brown particles of milk solids on which mould had grown.Legal proceedings. Bottlers fined £25 with £5 5s. 0d. costs.
Serial No. 3292
(d)Milk Composition: The bottle was soiled on the base and on the sides adjacent to the base by a residue of paint. In the paint, which contained lead and iron, was embedded grit and adventitious debris.Legal proceedings. Bottlers fined £25 with £5 5s. 0d. costs.
Serial No. 3277
(d)Milk Composition: Contained a number of dark specks up to 1 mm. in diameter in which mould had grown.Matterinvestigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 3284
(v)Rum Punch Composition: This pr0duct is basically a yoghourt sweetened with agar and flavoured with fruit and rum. The description is therefore not appropriate.Correspondence with manufacturer. Label redesigned—satisfactory.
Serial No. 3373
(w)Part of a Fried Potato Composition: Embedded in the fried potato was a stone measuring overall 9x7x5 mm. and weighing 0.34 g.Matter investigated. Warning letter to caterer.
Serial No. 3198
(x)Flour Composition: The flour was infested by Psocoptera, small primitive insects popularly known as book lice.Matter investigated. Warning letter to millers.