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
Sutton and Cheam 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| Sample No. | Commodity | Infringement | Re marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| A454 A459 A460 A469 A472 A481 A482 A483 A487 | Milk (formal) | Deficiency of milk fat | These unsatisfactory samples arise from the taking of eighteen formal milk samples in course of delivery from eighteen churns of five producers# Individual samples revealed a varying deficiency in milk fat, but the average milk fat bulk figure from the whole consignment was above the minimum standard of 3 per cent. At a later date ten repeat formal samples were taken and all proved satisfactory, except one, which was slightly deficient in milk fat (N0.A472). As in the previous case the bulk milk fat figure was above the required standard. An adjoining Authority took up the question of "appeal to the cow" samples, as the farm is situated in that area. |
| 892 | Sulphur Tablets Line Flavoured (Informal) | Labelling Infringement | Warning Sample taken from stock having an old label. Manufacturers agreed to replace old stock with cartons bearing a full declaration label. |
| 932 934 | Strawberry Flavouring (Informal) Blackcurrant Flavouring (Inf ormal; | Extensive Mould growths | Warning Deterioration due to long shop storage. Remainder of stock withdrawn from sale and destroyed. |
| 944 | Campden Solution Tablets (Informal) | Deficiency of 2 per cent of sulphur dioxide preservative • | Warning in view of the small deficioncy of sulphur dioxide a warning letter was addressed to the manufacturers. |
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