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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
West Ham 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Condensed Milk Regulations.
Eleven samples of condensed milk were taken as follows :—
Machine Skimmed Condensed Milk 7
Full Cream Unsweetened 2
Full Cream Sweetened 2
All of which were reported upon by the Public Analyst as beinggenuine.
Particulars as to labelling in each case conformed to the
requirements of the regulations.
Sixteen samples of various foods were reported upon as being adulterated with preservative, as under.
| Madeira Cake containing Boric Acid | Letter of Caution sent | ||
| Meat | containing Sulphur di-oxide | Informal | Same Retailer Prosecution followed |
| Meat | do. do. | Official | |
| Meat | do. do. | Informal | Same Retailer Prosecution followed |
| Meat Sausages | do. do. do. do. | Official do. | |
| Sausages | do. do. | do. | Retailer Wholesaler Prosecution followed |
| Sausages | do. do. | Official | |
| Meat | do. do. | Official | Prosecution followed |
| Meat | do. do. | Official | Same retailer Prosecution followed |
| Sausages | do. do. | do. | |
| Meat | do. do. | Informal | Same Retailer Prosecution followed |
| Meat | do. do. | Official | |
| Meat | do. do. | Informal | Subsequently sampled and reported as genuin |
| Meat | do. do. | Informal | Same Retailer Prosecution followed |
| Meat | do. do. | Official | |
MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923.
The following licences were granted during- 1928:—One to
bottle and sell, and sixteen to sell Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested)
Milk, including- one supplementary licence; Eleven to sell "Certified"
Milk; one to produce, bottle and sell, and six to sell Grade
"A" Milk, including three supplementary licences; one to both
Pasteurise, bottle and sell, and eight to sell (including three supplementary
licences) Pasteurised Milk.
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