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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
Erith 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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*Salad Oil—(Sample No. 731) was reported by Public
Analyst to be rancid and unfit for use. On representation to
manufacturers, the oil was removed from sale.
*Sominox—(Sample No. 66)—Chloramide 12.8 grains
instead of 9.5. Excess 3.3 grains per tablet. This drug was
removed from sale as a result of representation to manufacturers.
The milk samples averaged a content of 3.57 per cent,
fat, and 8.76 per cent, of solids other than fat.
F(3)b. Meat and Food Inspection.
Considerable time and attention has been devoted to the inspection of meat and other foods in shops and stores, and the following were confiscated as being unfit for human consumption:—
| Meat | 1153 tins. |
| 1 ton l0cwts. 0qrs. 11 lbs. | |
| Fish | 601 tins. |
| 8 cwt. 1 qr. 8 lbs. | |
| Milk | 2284 tins. |
| Fruit | 405 tins. |
| 3cwts. 0qrs. 18 lbs. | |
| Cheese | 1 cwt. 0 qrs. 11 lbs. |
| Vegetables | 600 tins. |
| lOcwts. 3 qrs. 15 lbs. | |
| Sugar | 20 lbs. |
| Cereals | 18 packets. |
| 1 cwt. 0 qr. 18 lbs. | |
| Flour | 1 cwt. 1 qr. 1 lb. |
| Preserves | 31 tins. |
| 1 qr. 16 lbs. | |
| Lard | 4 ozs. |
| Butter | 10 lbs. 6 ozs. |
| Margarine | 12 ozs. |
| Biscuits | 9 lbs. |
| Chickens | 5 |
| Total weight:—3 tons 18cwts. 0qrs. 19 lbs. | |
F(4). Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
The above Act makes the use of mechanically operated
instruments a statutory obligation. By resolution of the
Council dated 23rd May, 1938, the provisions of Section 1
of the Act apply to sheep which are slaughtered in this
district.