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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FOOD COMPLAINTS WHERE ANALYSIS WAS NOT REQUIRED
Complaint | Action taken |
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Bread containing oily dough. | Bakery informed. No further action. Discolouration due to vegetable oil. |
Cake contained a maggot. | Bakery informed. Identified as larvae of Australian spider beetle a pest of stored food products. Warning to take precautions to prevent recurrence. |
Beef sausages affected with mould. | Vendors prosecuted. Fined £10. |
Glass in milk bottle. | Warning letter to dairy. |
Pork brawn contained fragments of hair probably part of a pig's eyelid. | Warning letter to manufacturer. |
Crumpets affected with mould. | Bakery informed. No further action in view of time lag between purchase and finding of mould. |
Chocolate cake alleged to be rancid. | Vendor informed and instructed as to stock rotation. |
Bread contained part of a needle similar to type used on bag mending machine in flour mills. | Warning letter to bakery. |
Sliced beetroot alleged to taste of paraffin. | Investigation made but no evidence of any possible source of contamination found. |
Tin of corned beef contained darkish areas. | Examined bacteriologically—no pathogenic organisms found. Darkish areas apparently a pigment absorbed on to the meat fibres. |
Sultanas contained maggots. | Identified as the larvae of the dried currant moth. Probably present when exported from Australia. Vendor informed. |
Tin of corned beef with slight decomposition. | Probably defect in tin occurred during transport. Importers informed. |
Bread affected with mould. | Evidence inconclusive. Bakery informed. |