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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Grade "A" (Tuberculin Tested) Milk—
Satisfactory 11
Unsatisfactory G (contained Coliform Bacillus in
Certified Milk— 100th c.c.
Satisfactory 3
Unsatisfactory 1 (contained Coliform Bacillus in 1/10th c.c.
Letters of caution were sent in all cases of designated milks
failing to meet the requirements of the Order, asking for investigation
to be made with a view of tracing the defect, and preventing
a recurrence.
Other Foods.
All factories dealing with food of various kinds, also retail
shops and other premises, are constantly inspected by the Sanitary
Inspectors, who during the year made 6,373 visits.
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs' Act, 1926.
(Inspector and Official Sampler: Mr. E. F. Hughes)
FEEDING STUFFS.
The following table sets out samples taken under the above Act during the year:—
| Sampled Officially— | No. of Samples taken | Analysis agrees | Analysis disagrees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article | |||
| Poultry Biscuit Meal | 1 | — | 1 |
| Meat and Bone Meal | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Meat Meal | 1 | 1 | |
| Feeding Meat and | |||
| Bone Meal | 2 | 2 | — |
| White Feeding | |||
| Fish Meal | 1 | 1 | - |
| Clover Cob Meal | 2 | — | 2 |
| Bran | 1 | 1 | - |
| Sussex Ground Oats | 1 | 1 | - |
| Ground Oats | 1 | 1 | |
| Chicken Biscuit Meal | 1 | 1 | - |
| Laving Meal | 1 | 1 | - |
| G | 1 | 1 | - |
| O | 1 | 1 | - |
| Fattening Meal | 1 | — | 1 |
| Growing Mash | 1 | — | 1 |
| Green Bone Meal | 2 | 2 | - |
| Feeding Meat and | |||
| Bone Meal | 1 | 1 | - |
| Laying Meal | 1 | — | 1 |
| Linseed | 1 | 1 | - |
| Meat and Bone Meal | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Barley Meal Grade 2 | 1 | 1 | — |