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 St. Luke, Middlesex]
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other parts of the Parish, has been kept under observation, and
the following have been destroyed as being unfit for food:—
5 tons 15 cwt. bacon and hams.
1½ cwt. of beef.
3 lungs.
1 cwt. of bullocks cheeks.
20 lbs of hearts, feet and kidneys.
1 barrel of fish.
4½ bushels of apples.
37 lbs. of tomatoes.
70 lbs. of mutton.
84 lbs. of pork.
2 livers.
62 lbs. pigs' plucks.
20 lbs. of sausage meat.
12 boxes of oranges.
10 lbs. of plums.
4 hogsheads of pickles.
Sale of Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts.
This year 258 samples of food and drugs have been taken for analysis, and the following table shows the number of each article, and the cases in which proceedings were ordered, with the fines and costs inflicted:—
Articles submitted to Public Analyst. | Number of Samples. | Number Adulterated. | Number of Proceedings. | Number in which Proceedings were not taken. | Number Certified as of Poor Quality. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
£ | S. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||
Milk | 93 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
Milk and Water | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Butter | 69 | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | 33 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 6 |
Margarine | 20 | ... | 12 | 8 | ... | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
Cheese | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Coffee | 7 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | 0 | 12 | 6 | ||
Lard | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Sugar | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Cocoa | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Pepper | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Mustard | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Sweets | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Ices | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Ground Ginger | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Preserved Beans | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Rice | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Vinegar | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Oatmeal | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Spirits | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Citric Acid | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Camphorated Oil | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Water | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
Disinfectants | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||
£62 | 7 | 0 | £20 | 14 | 6 |