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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
Enfield 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following table gives details of the samples of foods and drugs procured under the above Act in Enfield by the Food and Drugs Authority during 1958:—
| Article. | Total samples procured. | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 74 | 1 |
| Milk (new) | 123 | 4 |
| Butter | 10 | — |
| Cakes, etc. | 12 | — |
| Cheese | 9 | — |
| Cooked meat | 18 | — |
| Cream | 10 | — |
| Drugs | 16 | — |
| Fish and Fish Products | 27 | 1 |
| Fruit juice etc. | 3 | — |
| Ice cream | 10 | — |
| Margarine | 7 | — |
| Meat and Meat Products | 43 | — |
| Preserves | 5 | — |
| Liver | 9 | — |
| Sausages | 15 | — |
| Soup | 4 | 1 |
| Spirits | 3 | — |
| Vinegar | 29 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 24 | 1 |
| Totals: | 451 | 8 |
With regard to the 8 samples noted as unsatisfactory, the
following comments are made:
Milk. One sample of milk was found to be contaminated by
mould and an official caution was sent to the sellers. The other
four unsatisfactory samples were of new milk consigned to milk
receiving depots in this district; three of the samples were from
one consignment, and one from another. These samples were from
individual churns of new milk and, as the average composition of
the whole of each consignment was satisfactory, no further action
was taken.
Fish. Smoked cod was supplied on one occasion when smoked
haddock was requested. A subsequent sample from the same source
was satisfactory.