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 Bromley]
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No. of sample submits | s Description ed | Result | Remarks |
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1 | Milk (Pasteurise) | Adulterated | Foreign body in milk consisted of cotton wool with small adhering amount of vegetable debris. |
1 | Soup (Meat) | Genuine | — |
1 | Tapioca | Inferior | Sample had stale and musty odour, and appeared to be old stock. |
1 | Turkey | Genuine | — |
1 | Water (River) | Blue colouration due to organic dye. |
Samples of the following foodstuffs were submitted for bacteriological examination as a result of routine food inspections :—
Description | Result |
---|---|
Argentine Beef. Shin Bone | Unsound bacteriologically. |
Steak | Unsound bacteriologically. |
Silverside | Unsound bacteriologically. |
Aitch Bone Meat | Unsound bacteriologically. Bone Taint confirmed. |
Thick Flank Meat | Unsound bacteriologically. Bone Taint confirmed. |
Bones | Unsound bacteriologically. Bone Taint confirmed. |
Chitterlings (Imported) | Unsound bacteriologically. |
Fish—Halibut | Diseased. |
Flake Egg Yolk | Unsound bacteriologically. |
Pigs' Rinds | Unsound bacteriologically. |
Sausages | Unsatisfactory. |
Sheeps' Livers (Icelandic) | Unsound bacteriologically. |
Samples of the following were submitted for examination after investigation into food upsets reported to this Department :—
Description | Result |
---|---|
Beef Sausages | No pathogenic organisms isolated. |
Beetroot | No food poisoning organisms isolated. |
Carrots (Tinned) | Paracolon Bacilli. CI. Welchii. |
Custard (prepared and cooked) | No food poisoning organisms isolated. |
Custard | CI. Welchii. |
Cheese | No pathogens isolated. |
Chocolate Semolina | No food poisoning organisms found. |
Cooked Mutton | No pathogens isolated. |
Dates | No pathogens isolated. |
Dripping | No food poisoning organisms found. |
Dripping (from Mutton) | No food poisoning organisms found. |
Dripping (Lamb) | No food poisoning organisms found. |
Dripping (used in the cooking of Mutton) | No food poisoning organisms found. |
Fruit Buns | No food poisoning organisms found. |
Milk Powder | No food poisoning organisms found. |