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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Food and Drugs—Sampling Cont'd
Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
Ice Cream | - | 12 | - | - |
Ice Lollies | - | 7 | - | 1 |
Jelly | - | 2 | - | - |
Lard | - | 1 | - | - |
Lemon Curd | - | 1 | - | - |
Mandarin Oranges (Tin) | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Margarine | 1 | 2 | - | - |
Marzipan | - | 1 | - | - |
Mayonnaise | - | 2 | - | - |
Medicinal Samples | - | 37 | - | 4 |
Milk | 16 | 1 | - | 1 |
Milk, Evaporated | - | 1 | - | - |
Milk, Dirty Bottle | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Mussels | - | 1 | - | - |
Paste | - | 2 | - | - |
Pepper | - | 1 | - | - |
Pickles | - | 2 | - | - |
Pies | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Prawns, Steamed | - | 1 | - | - |
Pudding Mixtures | - | 2 | - | - |
Rusk | - | 2 | - | - |
Salmon | - | 1 | - | - |
Salt | - | 1 | - | - |
Sauces | - | 3 | - | - |
Sausages | 18 | 1 | 3 | - |
Sausage Meat | - | 1 | - | - |
Spaghetti | - | 1 | - | - |
Spreads | - | 4 | - | - |
Stuffings | - | 3 | - | - |
Suet, Shredded | 1 | - | - | - |
Trifle Pack | - | 1 | - | - |
Vegetable Fat | - | 1 | - | - |
Vinegar | - | 1 | - | - |
Wheat Germ, Stabilized | - | 1 | - | - |
Wines and Spirits | 13 | 2 | - | - |
Adulterated Samples, etc.
Serial No. | Article | Formal or Informal | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity | Observations |
---|---|---|---|---|
555A | Lemonade | Informal | Had objectionable smell of Sulphuretted Hydrogen—contained 0.1 parts per million of Sulphuretted Hydrogen. | Warning letter |
559A | Diarrhoea Mixture | Informal | Contained .020% of anhydrous morphine—3 times the quantity stated on the label. | Warning letter |
563A | Influenza and Cold Mixture | Informal | Morphine ingredient incorrectly stated in list of ingredients. | Warning letter |
589A | Milk | Informal | Contained a slug | Warning letter |
624A | Chocolate Ice Lolly | Informal | Contained an excessive quantity of cocoa present as a ' pocket.' | Manufacturer informed |