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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Nature of Unsatisfactory Sample | Remarks | |
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(w) | Serial No. 4784 | Legal proceedings. Manufacturer fined £40 with £16 costs. |
(x) | Serial No. 4789 Cough Mixture Composition: 12.5 per cent v/v alcohol and 0.50 per cent v/v chloroform were claimed but only 7.5 per cent and 0.05 per cent respectively were found. | Correspondence with manufacturers. Product withdrawn from sale. |
(x) | Serial No. 4801 | Correspondence with manufacturers in progress. |
(y) | Serial No. 4956 Chicken Casserole Composition: This was an uncooked chicken only, for casseroling, and should be described as a casserole chicken. | Correspondence with manufacturers. Withdrawn from sale. Satisfactory. |
(a) | Serial No. 4850 Stewed Steak with rich gravy Composition: Meat 65 per cent. This type of product should contain not less than 75 per cent meat. | All affected stock withdrawn from sale. Satisfactory. |
(a) | Serial No. 4844 | Correspondence with manufacturers. Repeat samples satisfactory. |
(a) | Serial No. 4967 Minced Beef Composition: Associated with the sample were two pieces of ferrous metal each measuring approximately 0.2 in. by 0.1 in. overall. | Matter investigated. Source of metal not positively identified. |
(d) | Serial No. 4853 Pasteurised Milk Composition: The unopened bottle of milk contained a small dark body about the size of a pin head. When examined microscopically it showed no organised structure and appeared to consist of dust particles. | Matter investigated. Warning letter to bottlers. |