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
Wimbledon 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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| Sauce | 12 bottles |
| Sausages | 115 lbs. |
| Sausages | 84 tins |
| Sausage Rolls | 24 |
| Soups and Stews | 387 tins |
| Sugar | 8 lbs. |
| Sultanas | 28 lbs. |
| Tomatoes | 90 tins |
| Vegetables | 2,381 tins |
| Vermicelli | 9 pkts. |
| Vinegar | 303 bottles |
Legal Proceedings.
There were three prosecutions under Section 9 of the Food & Drugs
Act, 1938. Details of these cases are given below.
(1) A retailer was summonsed for selling a meat pie containing a piece
of medicated lint. The defendant pleaded guilty and was fined £5.
Costs amounting to £3 were awarded.
(2) A retailer was summonsed for selling a cream sponge cake with
a piece of cigarette embedded in the cream. The defendant pleaded
guilty and was fined £5. Costs awarded amounted to £2 9s. 0d.
(3) A retailer was summonsed for selling a loaf of bread in a dirty
condition and with a piece of string-like material embedded in the
crust. The defendant pleaded guilty and was fined £3. Costs of
£1. Is. Od. were awarded.
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