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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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SAMPLING FOOD AMD DRUGS ACT
Food and Drugs Sampling
During the year 313 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst.
Details as follows
TABLE 60
| Number of Samples | Percentage of samples adulterated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Examined | Found adulterated or below standard | ||
| Cheese | 1 | - | |
| Confectionery | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| Jam | 10 | - | |
| Milk | 92 | - | |
| Sausage | 54 | 4 | 7.4 |
| Vinegar | 5 | - | - |
| Wines and Spirits | 19 | - | - |
| Drugs | 11 | - | - |
| Other Articles | 109 | 7 | 6.4 |
| Totals | 313 | 13 | |
Included in "other articles" are six samples submitted to this
Department by members of the public as being unfit, for human consumption.
Samples as follows •-
7112: Glass in pork pie
7125: Suspected rodent excrete in bread.
7046: Rat excrete in bread
7126: Suspected unsound flour
7197: Foreign body in ½ pint bottle of milk
7287: Tinned shoulder of ham.
Details of unsatisfactory samples overleaf