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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
East Ham 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Periodically visits are made to "butchers' shops, market stalls
and neat vehicles.
(2) Food Premises.
The number of inspections made of food premises included 269
dairies, 103 of bakehouses, and 611 of other premises.
c) Adulteration.
| Number of Samples. | Percentage samples adulterated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Examined. | Found alderated or below standard. | ||
| Bread | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Butter | 47 | - | |
| Cheese | 2 | - | |
| Cocoa | 4 | - | |
| Coffee | 3 | - | - |
| Confectionery | 5 | - | |
| Jam and Marmalade | 7 | - | |
| Cream | 7 | - | - |
| Flour | 1 | - | - |
| Lard | 9 | 2 | 22 |
| Margarine | 19 | — | |
| Milk | 155 | 3 | 2 |
| Sausage | 32 | 1 | 3 |
| Tea | - | - | |
| Vinegar | 5 | ||
| Wines, Spirits | 3 | - | |
| Drugs | 10 | — | |
| Other Articles | 152 | 1 | 0.6 |
| 462 | 8 | 1.7 | |
Details of samples adulterated or below standard are described as follows, together with the resultant action:-
| No. | I. or F. | Article | Adulteration or Deficiency | Action Taken. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1170 | 1 | Milk. | Deficient in milk fat at least 3%. | Formal sample taken proved genuine. |
| 1790 | F. | Milk | Ditto. 43% | Vendor prosecuted. |
| 1946 | I. | Bread. | Blackish lump proved to bo mixed rice flour held together by bleb of mineral oil. | Vendor cautioned. |
| 1966 | F. | Milk | Deficient in milk fat at least 15%. | Vendor cautioned. |
| 2007 | I. | Sugar. | Slight trace of soda | Vendor cautioned. |
| 2326 | I. | Lard | Not lard but compound cooking fat prepared with fats and oils other than lard. | Formal sample taken; subsequently Vendor cautioned. |
| 2341. | F. | Lard | Ditto. | Vendor cautioned. |
| 2417 | I. | Sausages | Contained Preservative | Vendor cautioned. |
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