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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
Tottenham 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Legal Proceedings
(1) Unsound Food
(a) Sale of mouldy pies; plea of Guilty, fine of £5 and £1.1/- costs.
(b) Piece of glass in bottle of milk; plea of Guilty; fine of £2 and £2.2/- costs.
(2) Smoking in Food Rooms
(a) (In butcher s shop) Plea of Guilty; fine of 4.0/- and £2.2/- costs.
(b) (In butcher's shop) Plea of Guilty, fine of 4.0/- and £1.1/- costs.
Food Sampling
The Public Control Department of the County Council has supplied the following table of information on food and drugs sampling in the borough during 1961:-
| Article | No of samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 38 | 1 |
| Butter | 10 | - |
| Bread and Cakes | 7 | - |
| Coffee | 4 | - |
| Cream | 7 | - |
| Drugs | 17 | 1 |
| Pish and Pish Products | 42 | -- |
| Fruit (fresh) | 154 | 2 |
| Fruit (canned and dried) | 6 | - |
| Ham; Bacon | 3 | - |
| Ice Cream | 3 | - |
| Margarine | 11 | - |
| Meat and Meat Products | 111 | - |
| Preserves | 7 | - |
| Sauce and Pickles | 3 | - |
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 21 | - |
| Sweets | 4 | - |
| Soft Drinks and Fruit Juices | 11 | |
| Vegetables | 17 | - |
| Vinegar and N. B.C. | 11 | - |
| Miscellaneous | 16 | - |
| Totals | 503 | 4 |
Commenting upon the unsatisfactory samples, the Public Control Officer makes the
following observations:-
"Milk. Milk supplied by a large dairy in a third of a pint bottle for consumption by
a scholar was found to contain part of a drinking straw. In subsequent investigations
it proved impossible to show at what stage the straw had got into the bottle and no
action was therefore taken against the supplier.