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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
Dagenham 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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Food and Drugs - Sampling (continued)
| Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Meat, Tinned | - | 1 | - | - |
| Medicinal Samples | - | 3 | - | - |
| Margarine | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meat | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meat, Minced | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Milk | 12 | - | - | - |
| Milk, Tinned | - | 1 | - | - |
| Mousse | - | 1 | - | - |
| Oil | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pastes | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pies | - | 3 | - | 3 |
| Pie Fillings | - | 5 | - | 1 |
| Potato Puffs | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sauces | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sausages | - | 10 | - | 1 |
| Spaghetti | - | 2 | - | - |
| Spices | - | 3 | - | - |
| Spreads | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Stock Tablets | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sweets | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| Syrup | - | 2 | - | - |
| Tea | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Vegetables, Tinned | - | 8 | - | - |
| Wines and Spirits | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
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| Serial No. | Article | Formal or Informal | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1348A | Cake | Informal | Was in a mouldy condition | Retailer and Manufacturer warned |
| 1353A | Bread | Informal | Contained foreign matter in the form of charred dough containing traces of iron | Manufacturer warned |
| 1354A | Bread | Informal | Was in a mouldy condition | Manufacturer warned |
| 1385A | Bread | Informal | Contained discoloured dough caused by incorporation of charred dough | Manufacturer warned |
| 1356A | Bread Roll | Informal | Contained the meso- and metathoracic segments of a female cockroach, Blatta Orientalis | Manufacturer warned. (Witness would not attend court.) |