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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton]
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The more interesting complaints are summarised below:
Bakelite in apple pie Mould on Cornish pasty
Fly-eggs in bacon Ants in gooseberry pie
Piece of cardboard in bread Worm in jam
Needle in bread Mould in liver and bacon croquettes
Piece of wire in bread Dirty milk bottle (4)
Oil and dirt in bread Piece of steel wool in milk
Paper in bread (2) Grass in milk
Insect in bread Mould growth in milk (2)
Mould in bread (4) Dirt in bottle of milk
Metal nut in bread Mould on steak and kidney pie
Grit and dust on bread Mould on sausages
Glass in bread roll Mould on luncheon meat
Mould on corned beef Stone in veal and ham pie
Dirt on sliced corned beef Grub in Weetabix
In an effort to maintain satisfactory food standards, the following samples
were taken for examination, as distinct from those obtained for chemical
examination under Food and Drugs legislations
Milk 176
Ice Cream 115
Water 56
Other Foods 101
Milk.
Classification of the milk samples and the results of the tests are as follows:
| Designation under which sold | No. of samples | Methylene Blue Test | Phosphatase Test | Turbidity Test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | ||
| Pasteurised | 157 | 156 | 1 | 157 | — | — | — |
| Untreated | 10 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Sterilised | 9 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — |
| 176 | 162 | 5 | 157 | — | 9 | — | |
Two samples of raw milk submitted for examination were found free of
tubercle bacilli or brucella after animal inoculation.
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