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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During 1965 it was found necessary to institute proceedings as shown below:—
| Prosecutions | Fined | Costs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £40 | £10 | 0s. | 0d. |
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £40 | £10 | 0s. | 0d. |
| Cake | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £10 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Steak & Kidney Pie | (Mouldy) | Manufacturer | £15 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Cornish Pasty | (Mouldy) | Shopkeeper | £10 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Bacon | (Fly blown) | Shopkeeper | £20 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £20 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £20 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £20 | £11 | lis. | 0d. |
| Cake | (Mouldy) | Manufacturer | £15 | £10 | 10s. | 0d. |
| Cooked Pork | (Mouldy) | Shopkeeper | £10 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Cake | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £5 | £6 | 6s. | 0d. |
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £20 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Milk | (Foreign matter) | Dairy | £15 | £6 | 6s. | 0d. |
| Milk | (Foreign matter) | Dairy | £15 | £1 | 14s. | 6d. |
| Sausage Roll | (Mouldy) | Shopkeeper | £10 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Jam | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £25 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Milk | (Foreign matter) | Dairy | £50 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Milk | (Foreign matter) | Dairy | £10 | £6 | 19s. | 6d. |
| Sausages | (Mouldy) | Shopkeeper | £20 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Sausages | (Mouldy) | Shopkeeper | £20 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Shopkeeper | £10 | £4 | 17s. | 6d. |
| Bread | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £20 | £12 | 4s. | 0d. |
| Cake | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £5 | £6 | 19s. | 6d. |
| Milk | (Foreign matter) | Dairy | £15 | £5 | 5s. | 0d. |
| Sweets | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £10 | £6 | 19s. | 6d. |
| Mineral Water | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer given absolute discharge on payment of costs. | £16 | 19s. | 6d. | |
| Tinned Beans | (Foreign matter) | Manufacturer | £10 | £26 | 5s. | 0d. |
In other instances, where necesssary, warning letters were
issued.