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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bromley 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Nature of Unsatisfactory SampleRemarks
(q)Serial No. 2109. Chicken Meat Paste. Composition: Meat content 51 per cent. Minimum requirement 55 per cent.Repeat Sample — satisfactory. Manufacturer notified.
(a)Serial No. 2130. Milk Bottle. Composition: The foreign matter consisted of iron particles These may have derived from the use of the bottle as a firework support.Reported to Committee. Matter drawn to attention of Bottlers.
(a)Serial No. 2131. Milk Bottle. Composition: Contained a glass fragment with a similar physical character to the glass of a milk bottle.Reported to Committee. Matter drawn to attention of Bottlers.
(a)Serial No. 2146. Milk Bottle. Composition: Contained an aluminium foil cap which had been subjected to a washing process.Reported to Committee. Matter drawn to attention of Bottlers.
(a)Serial No. 2163. Milk Bottle. Composition: There were patches of grey soiling on the inner surface of the glass due to carbon but no foreign matter was detected in the milk.Reported to Committee. Matter drawn to attention of Bottlers.
(a)Serial No. 2289. Milk Bottle. Composition: There was a film of denatured milk on the base of the bottle in which the algae were developing.Reported to Committee. Warning letter to Dairy Company.
(a)Serial No. 2306. Milk Bottle. Composition: The dark brown patches on the inner surface of the bottle consisted of vegetable matter, mould hyphae and general debris.Legal proceedings. Bot-lers fined £10 with £9 19s. Od. costs.
(a)Serial No. 2269. Milk Bottle. Composition: Fat 2.10 solids not fat 8.55 per cent. Deficient 30 per cent fat.Repeat formal sample— satisfactory. Producer notified.
(r)Serial No. 2354. Cream. Composition: The sample had a bitter taste of bacterial origin.Reported to Committee. Contravention drawn to attention of Dairy Company and Vendor.
(c)Serial No. 2308. Pineapple Syrup. Composition: Contained a bee which had been processed in the can.Reported to Committee. Matter drawn to the attention of Embassy of exporting country.