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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
Finchley 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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| Article | Total Samples procured. | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (new) | 305 | 22 |
| Milk (various) | 43 | — |
| Butter | 18 | — |
| Cakes | 12 | — |
| Cooked Meat | 8 | — |
| Cheese | 17 | 1 |
| Cream | 11 | — |
| Drugs | 11 | — |
| Fish—fresh, canned, etc. | 11 | 1 |
| Fruit—fresh and canned | 3 | — |
| Fruit squash | 10 | 8 |
| Ice cream | 5 | — |
| Meat | 12 | — |
| Sausages, etc. | 2 | — |
| Spirits | 2 | — |
| Vinegar | 15 | — |
| Miscellaneous | 20 | 2 |
| Totals | 505 | 34 |
Regarding the samples noted as unsatisfactory, the following
comments are added:—
Milk (New). It will be seen that a considerable number of
samples of new milk were taken during the year in question. These
were all from churns of milk delivered by dairy farmers to milk
processing depots in the area. The total of 22 samples which are
shown as unsatisfactory were taken from 8 different dairy farmers
and were slightly below the presumptive standard for composition,
some having a slight deficiency of milk fat, some of milk solids not
fat, and some deficient in both respects. With regard to the unsatisfactory
samples from 7 of these farmers they were confined to just a
few churns among many, the remaining churns of milk forming the
whole consignment being satisfactory. In the case of the eighth
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