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 Finchley]
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Article | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
---|---|---|
Drugs | 8 | - |
Fish | 16 | - |
Fruit Drinks | 2 | — |
Fruit Sauce | 1 | — |
Grapes | 1 | — |
Ground Almonds | 1 | — |
Jam | 1 | — |
Lemons | 1 | — |
Liver | 5 | — |
Margarine | 5 | — |
Marzipan | 1 | — |
Meat | 1 | — |
Meat Pie | 5 | — |
Mincemeat | 1 | — |
Non-brewed Condiment | 1 | — |
Oranges | 3 | — |
Salad Cream | 1 | — |
Sausages | 28 | — |
Soups | 3 | — |
Suet | 1 | — |
Sweets | 1 | — |
Tea | 2 | 1 |
Trifle | 1 | — |
Vinegar | 24 | 2 |
Wines and Spirits | 3 | — |
Totals 447 | 23 |
With regard to the twenty-three samples noted as
unsatisfactory, the following brief comments may be of interest.
Milk, new. These twenty unsatisfactory samples were
procured in all from seven farmers. Six samples from one farmer
were all deficient in solids-not-fat, but the presence of added water
was not confirmed. A further case of five samples proved to be
deficient in fat, and two further cases, each of three samples, also
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