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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Adulterated Samples, etc.
Serial No. | Article | Formal or Informal | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity | Observations |
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1082A | Bread | Informal | Showed patches of a yellowish brown discolouration. | Vendor warned. |
1083A | Date Slice | Informal | Contained a piece of metal sheet which had been cooked in the dough. | Vendor warned. |
1084A | Bread | Informal | Consisted masses of dirty dough containing traces of quartz sand and coal dust. | Vendor warned. |
1085A | Bread | Informal | Contained a fragment of partly discoloured dough. | Vendor warned. |
1086A | Milk | Informal | A partly filled bottle of milk was found to contain empty insect larvae cases. | Vendor warned. |
1109 A | Bread | Informal | Contained portions of discoloured dough. | Vendor warned. |
1092A | Lollie Creme | Informal | Contained only 1% of fat, an insufficient amount to justify the description 'creme'. | Production discontinued. |
1108A | Lollie Creme | Informal | Contained only 1.8% of fat, an insufficient amount to justify the description 'creme'. | |
1110A | Portion of Roll | Informal | Contained a foreign body consisting of discoloured dough containing a quarter of its weight of fat. | Vendor warned. |
1111A | Sliced Bread | Informal | Contained a mass of cotton fibres embedded in discoloured dough. | Vendor warned. |
1153A | Table Jelly | Informal | Out of condition. Heavy surface incrustation of sugar. | Vendors warned. Withdrawn from sale. |
1154A | Table Jelly | Informal | Out of condition. Slight surface incrustation of sugar. |