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 East Ham]
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(v) A sample of Suet contained moist and mouldy rice flour
to the extent of 15.3 per cent. A summons was laid but dismissed
owing to improper service.
Three hundred and ninety-one informal samples were taken,
of which 383 proved to be genuine. Of the non-genuine:—
(i) A sample of Milk was deficient in milk fat to the extent
of at least 33 per cent.
(ii) A sample of Beef Sausages was found to contain sulphur
dioxide in the proportion of 450 parts per million.
(iii) A sample of Whisky had a strength of 36 degrees under
proof.
(iv) A sample of Milk was deficient in milk fat to the extent
of at least 15 per cent.
(v) A sample of Suet contained extraneous moisture to the
extent of 4 per cent.
(vi) A sample of Milk was deficient in milk fat to the extent
of 5 per cent.
(vii) A sample of Whisky had a strength of 36 degrees under
proof.
TABLE 46.
The following is a detailed list of the articles sampled:— | |||
Almonds, Essence of | 1 | Cheese | 3 |
Almonds, Ground | Children's Cough Linctus | 1 | |
Anchovy Paste | 1 | ||
Aspirin, Quinine and Cinnamon Tablets | 1 | Chocolate Assortment | 1 |
Chutney Sauce | 1 | ||
Bakewell Tart | 1 | Citrate of Magnesia | 1 |
Barley Sugar Sticks | 1 | Cocoa | 6 |
Beef Cubes | 1 | Coffee | 2 |
Beef, Minced | 4 | Coffee and Chicory | 1 |
Beer | 1 | Cocoanut, Dessicated | 2 |
Blancmange | 1 | Cream, Fresh | 20 |
Brawn | Cream, Tinned | 1 | |
Bread | 4 | Cream of Tartar | 1 |
Brine | 1 | Cream, Split | 1 |
Bronchial Lozenges | 1 | Custard Powder | 1 |
Butter | 26 | Dessert Cake | 1 |
Camphorated Oil | 1 | Dripping | 1 |
Castor Oil | 1 | Figs | 2 |