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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
Chigwell 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]
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7. FOOD COMPLAINTS.
23 complaints regarding the quality, nature and substance of
food were received during 1968, as follows:-
Bread 2 Mince slice 1
Chocolate rolls 1 Mould on stewed steak 1
Cornflakes 1 Pork pie 1*
Cornish pasty 1 Rice 2
Dirty milk bottles 2 Rissoles 1
Fruit pies 2 Sausages 1
Fruit juice bottle Sponge cake 1
top 1 Steak and kidney pie 1
Glass in milk bottle 1 Toy plastic pig in milk
Grapefruit 2 bottle 1
These complaints were all investigated and in 4 cases formal
action was taken.
Legal proceedings were instituted in the following cases
| Contraventions | Result of Proceedings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mould on sausages | Fine | £25 | 0. | 0d. |
| Costs | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. | |
| Foreign matter in nuts and raisins | Fine | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. |
| Costs | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. | |
| Milk containing fragment of glass | Fine | £10 | 0. | 0d. |
| Costs | £ 5 | 0. | 0d. | |
| Mould on chocolate rolls | Fine | £10 | 0. | 0d. |
| Costs | £ 3 | 3. | 0d. | |
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