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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Periodically visits are made to batchers' shops, market stalls
and mo at vehicles.
(2) Food Premises.
The number of inspect:.ons made of food premises included 51
dairies, 75 of bakehouses, and 1581 of other premises.
(c) Adulteration.
Details of the various samples obtained by the Sanitary Inspectors and the results are included in the following tabular statement
| Number of Samples. | Percentage samples adulterated. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Examined. | Found adulterated or below standard | ||
| Butter | 50 | - | - |
| Choose | 1 | - | - |
| Cocoa | 12 | - | - |
| Coffee | 5 | - | - |
| Confectionery | 6 | - | - |
| Jam and Marmalado | 7 | - | - |
| Flour | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| Lard * | 8 | - | |
| Margarine | 9 | - | - |
| Milk | 167 | 11 | 6 |
| Sausage | 46 | 6 | 13 |
| Tea | 4 | — | - |
| Vinegar | 5 | - | |
| Wines, Spirits | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| Drugs | 13 | - | - |
| Other Articles | 101 | 5 | 5 |
| 441 | 24 | 5.4. | |
Details of samples adulterated or below standard are described
as follows, together with the resultant action:-
38.