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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
Walthamstow 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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| Description of Articles | Result of Analysis | Action taken |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||