[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch] page 28

Hornchurch 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]

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Sample No.	ARTICLE	Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity	Action taken
Cpt.1115	Milk—alleged to contain piece of glass.	Examination of milk showed it to be free from fragments of glass and bottle free from fractures except for rim.	Matter considered by Council—no further action.
Cpt.1116	Bread.	Contained blackish foreign matter consisting of blackened dough.	Matter considered by Council—Baker warned.
Cpt.1119	Bread —• loaf of.	Had a sickly odour and contained damp sticky masses. Objectionable condition of the bread due to the development of 'rope.'	Matter considered by Council— Baker warned. Cause for complaint partially due to loaf being cut and wrapped before being cooled down sufficiently.
Cpt.1120	Doughnut— portion of.	Contained foreign matters in the form of small masses of sacking fibre.	Matter considered by Council — Baker warned.
Cpt.1121	Orange Drink.	Contained a blackish deposit found to consist of mould growth.	Matter considered by Council —- Bottling firm warned.
Cpt.1122	Milk.	Contained foreign matter in the form of mortar or cement.	Matter considered by Council — vendor warned.
Cpt.1143	Milk.	Had an objectionable butyric smell and taste.	In co-operation with Milk Regulations Officer arrangements
Cpt.1143a	Milk.	Had an objectionable butyric smell and taste.	for washing bottles and supply of clean bottles investigated.
Cpt.1144	Milk.	Had an objectionable butyric smell and taste.	In view of unsatisfactory position farmer decided to discontinue bottling of milk.
Cpt.1145	Milk.	Contained foreign matter in the form of fragments of leaf tissue.	Matter considered by Council — Bottling firm warmed.
Cpt.1146	Milk — in alleged dirty bottle.	Analyst reported that milk free from extraneous mineral matter but inner surface of bottle showed patches of white film which was magnified when bottle full of milk.	No action necessary.