Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Serial No. | Article | Formal or Informal | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity | Observations |
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945A | Christmas Cake | Informal | Had an objectionable smell due to albumen constituent of the icing. | Vendor warned. |
946A | Portion of Cheese and buttered Roll | Informal | Contained fragment of wood. | Vendor warned. |
960A | Soda Water | Informal | Had a strong smell of sulphuretted hydrogen. Unfit for human consumption. | Manufacturers warned. |
961A | Bread | Informal | Contained a foreign body found to consist of charred bread. | Referred to Authority i n which bakery is situate. |
962A | Swiss Roll | Informal | Contained mice excreta. | Manufacturer warned. |
963A | Bread Roll | Informal | Contained dark markings in centre of roll due to presence of charred bread. | Referred to Authority i n which bakery is situate. |
964A | Bread | Informal | Contained two blackish foreign bodies found to be discoloured dough. | Referred to Authority in which bakery is situate. |
965A | Bread | Informal | Contained two beetles. | No action. Insufficient evidence. |
992A | Ice Cream | Informal | 34% deficient in fat. | Formal sample obtained. |
99 3A | Bread | Informal | Contained discoloured areas due to presence of coal dust. | Vendor warned |
995A | Thyme | Informal | Contained 3.9% of sand. | Formal sample obtained. |
1002A | Condiment, non-brewed | Informal | 10% deficient in acetic acid. | Vendor warned. |