Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Articles Total samples Procured Unsatisfactory
Milk (various) | 106 | 4 |
Butter | 5 | - |
Cakes | 49 | 5 |
Cheese | 2 | - |
Cream | 3 | 1 |
Drugs | 13 | - |
Pish and pish Products | 11 | 2 |
pruit„ presh, Canned etc. | 15 | 5 |
Pruit Squash etc. | 5 | - |
Ice Cream | 13 | - |
Meat and Meat Products | 105 | 4 |
Margarine | 7 | - |
Non-Brewed Condiment | 1 | 1 |
Peas | 14 | - |
Preserves | 5 | - |
Spirits | 13 | - |
Sweets | 7 | - |
Vinegar | 30 | 4 |
Miscellaneous | 17 | - |
Totals | 421 | 26 |
Commenting upon the unsatisfactory samples, the Public Control
Officer makes the following observations:«
"Milk: One of the unsatisfactory samples of milk was found to be
deficient in milk fat. This was one of a number of samples of
new milk taken from a number of churns consigned to a dairy within
your area. All the remaining samples from this consignment were
satisfactory and no further action was called for The other 3
unsatisfactory samples of milk each contained small fragments of
glass in the bottle. In one case a caution letter was sent to
the processors concerned, but in the other 2 cases the evidence
which could be obtained was not sufficient to justify any further
action being taken.
"Cakes: A cake sold as "Buttercake" was found not to contain
butter but to have an artificial butter flavouring; the manufacturer
was cautioned. Two samples of cream cakes from one baker and a
sample of cream trifle from another manufacturer were all found to
contain imitation cream. Caution letters were sent to these two