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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Details of samples not satisfactory
| Number | Informal or Formal | Article | Adulteration or Deficiency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8971 | Informal | Minced beef | Contained preservative 1500 parts per million. Use not permitted |
| 9009 | Informal | Minced steak | Contained preservative 1500 parts per million. Use not permitted. |
| 8974 | Informal | Sausage meat | Contained preservative 150 parts per million. Use not declared. |
| 8975 | Informal | Pork sausage | Contained preservative 300 parts per million. Use not declared. |
| 8987 | Informal | Pork sausage | Contained preservative 70 parts per million. Use not declared. |
| 9067 | Informal | Beef sausage | Contained preservative 200 parts per million. Use not declared. |
| 111 | Informal | Pork sausage | Contained preservative. No declaration. |
| 112 | Informal | Pork sausage | Contained preservative. No declaration. |
| 115 | Informal | Beef sausage | Contained preservative. No declaration. |
| 124 | Informal | Pork sausage | Contained preservative. No declaration. |
| 125 | Informal | Pork sausage | Contained preservative. No declaration. |
| 8989 | Informal | Bread (wholemeal) | Contained rodent excreta. |
| 9014 | Informal | Strawberry jam | Contained honey bee. Condition suggests It found its way into jam after cooking stage. |
| 9068 | Informal | Bread | Contained rat excreta. |
| 9 | Informal | Marzipan | Ground almonds 17%. Deficient by 8%. |
| 12 | Informal | Bun ring | Contained brush fibre. |
| 67 | Informal | Hamburgers | Meat 40%. Insufficient to justify term hamburger. |
| 141 | Informal | Enriched rice | Vit. 'B' Niacin and Iron not stated. |
| 147 | Informal | Hamburgers | Meat 39% - Deficient. |
Legal Proceedings
Legal proceedings were instituted under Food & Drugs Act, Public Health (Preservation in food)
Regulations, 1925, in one case where minced beef contained preservative. The offender was fined £10.
(F) Hairdressers
There were three new registrations during the year and two cancellations, making a total of 94
on the register.
There bye-laws made by the Corporation under the East Ham Corporation Act, 1957, came into
operation on 1st September, 1958, and much time was spent checking establishments to see that the
requirements of the bye-laws with regard to premises and equipment were fulfilled. Here again, the
'good' establishments conformed readily, but the occupiers of premises below the 'good' category need
a deal of persuasion that all that is asked for is, in fact, necessary.
(G) Caravans
The East Ham Corporation Act prohibits the parking of vans for human occupation on any site
within the Borough without the prior approval of the Local Authority, but this prohibition does not
apply to bona-fide members of the Showmen's Guild and at the end of the travelling season a large
number of caravans and lorries were parked on vacant land on the By-Pass Road. Enforcement notices
under town planning legislation were served by the Town Clerk, to which the principal of the colony