London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hayes and Harlington 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]

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(b) The sampling of food and drugs for chemical analysis is carried out by the Middlesex County Council and the following table and supplementary information regarding samples obtained during the year has been kindly supplied by the Senior Public Control officer:-

ArticleTotal Samples ProcuredUnsatisfactory
Milk (new)1067
1 Milk (various)40-
Butter and Margarine24_
Cream14-
Drugs1-
Pish and fish products9-
Pruit (fresh and canned)342
Ice Cream12-
Meat and meat products291
Sausages4-
Spirits4-
Sweets8-
Vinegar7-
Miscellaneous171
Total30911

"The seven new milk samples shown as unsatisfactory in
this list were procured from a pasteurising dairy in Hayes
following information (which later was found to be inaccurate)
that one of the farmers supplying the dairy had a leaky milk
cooler. In fact no added water was found in the milk, although
seven of the samples (which were taken one from each churn) were
slightly below the presumptive standard for milk solids-not fat.
The total quantity of milk sent by the farmer on each of the
days, when bulked, was up to the presumptive standard. *
"Sulphur dioxide was detected in a sample of pork brawn
but was absent from a follow up sample procured at a later date,"
"A sample of biscuits labelled "Bourbon with Real Chocolate
filling" was challenged on the ground that the filling
was not real chocolate but a mixture of cocoa butter with other
fats and sucrose, cocoa butter being only 5% of the filling
material. The manufacturer amended the description to 'Genuine
Chocolate Cream Pilling" and was cautioned in respect of the
offence committed. *
"A seller of Giant Prune plums was warned by the inspector
concerned for displaying a label on the plums which described
them as Pershore plums. Similar action was taken in respect of
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