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 Penge]
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The amount of food surrendered and condemned as unfit for human consumption
after examination by your inspectors was :
The food condemned was as follows:-
Fish 23 lb.
Offal 7 "
Meat 783 "
Poultry 43 "
Rabbit 26 "
Sausages 4 "
Sugar 30 "
Spanish Chestnuts 10 bags
Shellfish 9 st.
Tinned Foods 818 tins
Packeted Foods 5,159 pkts.
Meat Pies 71
Condemnation certificates issued - 67
MILK SAMPLING
Samples of milk submitted to chemical analysis totalled 42 and all proved to
bo genuine. The samples gave the following averagess-
Fat - 3.54% (standard 3.0%)
Solids not fat - 8.84% (standard 8.5%
ICE CREAM
There is one shop registered for the manufacture of ice cream.
Samples of ice cream were taken and submitted to the methylene blue test with
the following result :-
Grade I - 9. Grade II - 3
SLAUGHTERHOUSES
There are no slaughterhouses in the district.
ADULTERATION
Kent County Council Sampling Officers took 120 samples of various foods
and drugs in the district as follows:-
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