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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Details of samples adulterated or below standard, together with
resultant action j-
TABLE 46.
Number
Informal
or formal
Article
Adulteration or
Deficiency
Action taken
6026
I
Port
Sausages
Contained 190
parts per million
of sulphur dioxide.
Letter of caution
6034
I
Bread
Contained some form
of dirt.
-ditto-
6038
F
Salad Cream
Deficient In oil 2„6
per cent.
Manufacturers In
liquidation.
Stock Withdrawn
from sale.
6039
I
Bread
Rodent excreta
adhering to side
of loaf.
Place of contamination
not ascertainable.
6115
I
Liver
Sausage
Contained 70 parts
per million of
sulphur dioxide.
Letter of caution
6164
I
Sterilised
Milk
Minute trace of
volatile phenolic
compounds.
Letter of caution
6185
I
Non-brewed
Vinegar
Deficient in
acetic acid .3
per cent.
Letter of caution
6226
I
Pork
Sausages
Contained 45 parts
per million of
sulphur dioxide.
Letter of caution
6230
I
Non-brewed
Vinegar
Not properly described
as vinegar.
Letter of caution
6242
I
Bread
Presence of
rodent excreta.
Unable to ascertain
where
contamlnated.
6256
I
Pork
Sausages.
Contained 200
parts per million
of sulphur
dioxide.
Letter of caution
6317
I
Oatmeal
Not oatmeal but
rye flour.
Letter of caution
6327
I
Beef
Sausages.
Contained 200
parts per million
of sulphur
dioxide.
Letter of caution