London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kingston upon Thames 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Frankfuter Sausage-hot dog type | Deficient in meat to the wxtent of 12.5 per cent. the sample consisted in brine and contained lean mebt 48.0 per cent., fat 13.2 per cent., total meat 61.2 per cent. | The importer atated thaat this was an old label and cribed as Hot Dog Sausages. |
| Frankfurter Sausages in brine | Deficient in meat to the extent of 3.4 per cent. The sample contained: Lean (defatted meat) 45.5% Fat 22.1% | Taken up with the importers who raised it with the manufacturers. There was a difference of opinion as to the method of determining the meat content of sausages packed in brine. |
| Chocolate Crunch | The sample was not of the nature of chocolate. It was coated with a chocolate substitute containing a high proportion of vegetable fat, other than cocoa butter. | Legal proceedings -Fine £10. Costs £10. |
| Flour (plain) | Deficient in chalk to the extent of 79 per cent. The sample contained chalk - 50 mg. per 100 g. | In view of Regulation 25 of the Bread and Flour Regulations, the matter was referred to the Local Authority in whose area the Flour Hill was situated whose subsequent samples proved satisfactory. |
| Concentrated Orange Squash | Contained a non-permitted artificial sweetener. The sample contained: Cyclamic acid 3700 grains per 10 gallons. | This was presumed to be old stock as no more was found on sale. |