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 Hornchurch]
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Sample No. | ARTICLE | Sample obtained formally, in formally or from complainant. | Nature of adulteration or irregularity | Action Taken |
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Cpt.837 | Bread | Informally | Contained a cigarette end | In view of history of complaint Council sent warning letter to producer. |
Cpt.964 | Bread | Informally | Contained blackish foreign bodies — weed seeds and charred dough. No rodent excreta found | Bread baked outside our area. Local Authority concerned reported that bake-house was reasonably satisfactory. |
Cpt.850 | Currant Bun | Informally | Contained a fragment of glass | In view of history of complaint warning sent by Council to baker concerned. |
Cpt.838 | Dried Skimmed Milk Powder | Informally | Reconstituted milk containing heavy deposits of iron oxide or rust. The foreign matter did not originate from the dried milk powder | This milk powder was the property of the Local Education Authority for use in School Canteens. The remaining milk powder was destroyed. |
Inf.831 | Fruit Preserving Tablets | Informally | 68% deficient in sulphur dioxide | The small stock remaining had been disposed of before formal sample could be taken. |
Cpt.879 | i Milk | Informally | Contained 12 i nsect pupae being the pupae of a specimen of fruit fly | Council considered Analyst's report, also Entomologist's report and bottling firm was warned. |
Cpt.901 | Milk | Informally | Contained minute masses of mould growtli in suspension | Warning letter sent to bottling firm. |