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 Walthamstow]
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Description of Articles | Result of Analysis | Action taken |
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Cream Cheese | Pat content low | No action |
Currant Bun | Contained foreign matter in the form of pulped fruit and starchy matter. | Warning letter |
Bread-foreign bodies in | Consisted of rodent excreta. | Prosecution. Penalty £5 Costs £5.7.0. |
Dairy Ice Cream | Deficient milk solids by 61%. | Warning letter |
Milk Ice Cream | Deficient milk solids by 50%. | Warning letter |
Ice Cream Lolly | Alternative list of ingredients unsatisfactory. | Warning letter |
The following summary gives details of food sampled and results of analyses:-
No. Satisfactory | No. Unsatisfactory | |||||
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Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Milk | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||
Cream, Double | 2 | 2 | ||||
Butter | 1 | 1 | ||||
Buttered Rolls | 4 | 4 | ||||
Brandy Butter | 1 | 1 | ||||
Currant Bun | 1 | 1 | ||||
Coffee (Instant) | 2 | 2 | ||||
Evaporated Milk | 1 | 1 | ||||
Grapefruit Drink | 1 | 1 | ||||
Blackcurrant Health Drink | 2 | 2 | ||||
Tea | 1 | 1 | ||||
Whisky | 10 | 10 | ||||
Orange Squash | 1 | 1 | ||||
Orange Drink | 2 | 2 | ||||
Still Lemon | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cidakin | 1 | 1 | ||||
Vinegar flavoured with Tarrogon | 1 | 1 | ||||
Beef Steak with Gravy | 1 | 1 | ||||
Beef Dripping | 2 | 2 | ||||
Sausages, Beef | 1 | 1 | ||||
Sausages, Pork | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sausage Rolls | 1 | 1 | ||||
Steak Pie | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pickled Meat, Cooked | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pickled Meat, Uncooked | 2 | 2 | ||||
Cream Cheese | 1 | 1 | ||||
Ice Cream | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Ice Lolly | 1 | 1 | ||||
Push Up (Ice Cream or Lolly) | 1 | 1 | ||||
Biscuits | 1 | 1 | ||||
Peas, Garden | 1 | 1 | ||||
Pickled Gherkins | 1 | 1 | ||||
Smoked Salmon Mayonnaise | 1 | 1 | ||||
Chicken Spread | 1 | 1 | ||||
Minced Chicken in Jelly | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Blackberries in Syrup | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jam | 4 | 4 | ||||
Jelly | 1 | 1 | ||||
Rice | 1 | 1 |