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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample Remarks
Serial No. 5380
(f) Chocolate
Composition: The chocolate was infested
by larvae and adults of the saw-toothed
grain beetle which was thought to have
gained access via the dried vine 'fruit in
the chocolate.
Matter investigated, Warning letter to vendor,
Serial No. 5688
(s) Pork Sausages
Composition: The samples contained sulphite
without the necessary declaration.
Correspondence with vendors, Appropriate notice now exhibited. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 5679
(s) Pork Sausages
Composition: The sample contained 60% meat
whereas pork sausages should contain not
less than 65% meat. The sample also contained
sulphite without the necessary
declaration.
Repeat formal sample in progress.
Serial No. 5693
(s) Wire in Pork Sausage
Composition: The wire, which was scored
as if it had passed through the mixer, had
meat and cereal adherent to it.
Matter investigated. Warning letter to manufacturer.
Serial No. 5689
(s) Beef Sausages
Composition: The sausages contained
sulphite without the necessary declaration.
Correspondence with vendors, Appropriate notice now exhibited. Satisfactory.
Serial No. 5600
(j) Pish Cake
Composition: Associated with the sample
were pupae of a Bluebottle fly.
Investigated. Warning letter to manufacturer.
Serial No. 5572
(n) Milk
Composition: The interior surface of the
glass of the bottle was soiled by an
adherent film of denatured milk in which
dirt particles were embedded.
Legal proceedings. Bottlers fined £30 plus £25 costs.
Serial No. 5690
(n) Milk
Composition: The interior of the bottle was
soiled by a band of discoloured denatured
milk about 50 mm. wide.
Investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
Serial No. 5615
(n) Milk
Composition: Material adhering to the
inside surface of the base of the bottle
consisted of a set sand cement mixture.
Investigated. Warning
Serial No. 5691
(n) Milk
Composition: Fragments of cement, dis-
coloured by iron, were adherent to the side
and base of the bottle. One fragment was
free in the milk.
Investigated. Warning letter to bottlers.
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