Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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Number 1960 | Informal or Formal | Article | Adulteration or Deficiency |
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453 | Informal | Hamburger | Meat content 66%. Considered slightly deficient by analyst. |
455 | Informal | Cream doughnuts | Filling was imitation cream. Misdescribed as cream doughnuts. |
495 | Informal | Pork Sausages | Contained preservative. No declaration of use given. |
509 | Informal | Beef Sausage | Contained preservative. No declaration of use given. |
566 | Informal | Mock Salmon cutlets | Unsatisfactory. Insufficient fish content. |
1961 | |||
619 | Formal | 6 Mock Salmon cutlets | Fish content 33%. Insufficient to justify description. |
627 | Informal | Pork Sausage | Meat 56%. Deficient by 13%. |
630 | Informal | Cream Doughnuts | Contained imitation cream. Misdescribed as cream doughnuts. |
649 | Informal | Mock Salmon cutlets | Fish content 45%. Insufficient to justify description. |
731 | Informal | Minced Meat | Contained preservative. Use not permitted. |
658 | Informal | Ice lollies | Contained copper, 80 parts per million. Should not exceed 20 parts per million. |
756 | Informal | Orange Drink | Orange drink and fruit 15%. Low content for drink to be diluted before consumption unless from whole oranges. No statement to this effect. |
778 | Informal | Chicken Noodle soup | Opinion of analyst that meat proportion 1.1% is poor. |
797 | Informal | Ham & chicken | Meat 73%. Label ham and chicken misleading |
817 | Informal | Pork sausage | Meat 57%. Analysts opinion should be 65% |
826 | Informal | " " | Contained sulphur dioxide 150 parts per million. No declaration of preservative made. |
831 | Informal | Orance juice | Contained a species of common slug. |
839 | Informal | Pork Sausage | Contained preservative. No declaration of use given. |
841 | Informal | Pork Sausage Meat | Contained preservative. No declaration of use given. |
852 | Informal | Beef Sausages | Contained preservative. No declaration of use given. |
885 | Informal | Bread | Contained hind end of male cockroach. |
890 | Informal | Pork Sauaage | Meat 60%. Deficient content. |
891 | Informal | Sausage Meat | Contained preservative. No declaration of use given. |
781 | Informal | Sliced Loaf | Contained fragment of needle. No evidence to show that it was baked in loaf. |