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 Mitcham]
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Dressed Crab 1
Creamed Cottage Cheese 2
Lard 3
Roasted and Salted Peanuts 1
Roll-Mop Herrings in
Vegetable 1
Peanut Butter 1
Tomato Chutney 1
Chocolate Drink 1
Almond Culinary Flavouring 1
Savoury Spread with
Gorgonzola 1
Flour 1
Samonaize Fish Spread 1
Christmas Pudding 1
Steak and Kidney Pudding 1
Cherry Bark and Glycerine
Cough Cure 1
Cream of Tartar 1
All samples were satisfactory with the exception of two formal
samples (milk 1, coffee and chicory 1) and one informal sample (rollmop
herrings in vegetable 1).
A warning letter was sent to the firm concerned in two of these
cases, the exception being Roll-Mop Herrings in Vegetable and in this
case the firm withdrew all stocks from sale.
On complaints being received the following cases were reported
to the Public Health Committee:—
One dirty milk bottle.
One of foreign body in a loaf of bread.
One of glass in a bottle of school milk.
One dirty churn of milk.
Legal action was taken against the two firms concerned in the case
of the dirty churn of milk and fines of £15 (£5 5s. costs) and £12
(£5 5s. costs) respectively were imposed.
In the case of a foreign body in a loaf of bread, legal action was
taken against the baker and a fine of £10 with £2 2s. costs was
imposed.
Warning letters were sent to the firms concerned in the other
cases.
Ice-Cream
Four premises in the Borough are registered for the manufacture
of ice-cream and 131 for the storage of ice-cream. Sixty-three visits
were paid during the year.