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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
Stepney 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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ADULTERATED SAMPLES
| Article | Formal or informal. | Nature of Adulteration. |
|---|---|---|
| Buttered Rolls. | Formal. | 60% Margarine. |
| Cream Cheese. | Informal. | Soft cheese made from whole milk. |
| Pork Sausages. | Informal. | 16% deficient in meat. |
| Tomato Vegetable Soup. | Formal. | Tin, 395 parts per million. |
| Pork Sausages. | Informal. | 14% deficient in meat. |
| Pork Sausages. | Informal. | 16% deficient in meat. |
| Pork Sausages. | Formal. | 18% deficient in meat. |
| Tinned Tomato Soup. | Informal. | Tin 490 parts per million. |
| Tinned Tomato Soup. | Formal, | Tin 515 parts per million. |
| Buttered Rolls. | Formal. | 100% Margarine. |
| Buttered Rolls. | Informal. | 100% Margarine. |
| Buttered Rolls. | Formal. | 100% Margarine. |
| Buttered Slices. | Formal. | 100% Margarine. |
| Crab Paste. | Informal. | 28% deficient in fish. |
| Minced Meat. | Formal. | Contained 45 parts per million sulphur dioxide. |
| Pork Sausages. | Informal. | 14% deficient in meat. |
Ice Cream. 77. samples were examined chemically, the
average composition being: Fat 10.1%, Milk-Solids-not-Fat
8.0$, Sugar 12.7%. The Food Standards (Ice Cream)
(Amendment) Order, 1952, came into force on 7th July,1952,
and required Ice Cream to contain not less than 4% Fat,
5% Milk-Solids-not-Fat and 10% Sugar.
All the samples of ice cream examined were found to
comply with the Order.
The Methylene Blue Test of 74 samples of Ice Cream
resulted in 10 samples being classed as Grade III and one
sample as Grade IV. The vendors in these cases were
notified.
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