London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Mitcham 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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Pork Luncheon Meat 2 Custard Cream Biscuits 1
Canadian Salmon 1 Pickled Onions 1
Rice Pudding1 Jamaica Ginger Cake 1
Pilchards in Tomato 1 Coffee Flavoured Beverage 1
Spread Orange 1 Rose hip Syrup 1
Milk 1 Blackcurrant Syrup 1
Jellied Eels 3 Icing Sugar1
Whelks 2 Olive Oil1
The following samples were not up to standard and warning
letters were sent to the firms concerned: —
Informal.—Cream of leek soup, cream of mushroom soup, minced
chicken and pork luncheon meat.
Complaints from the public relating to food were as follows: —
One of a spider in a milk botde.
One of a dirty milk botde.
One of insects in sweets.
One of insects in rusks.
One of pieces of wood in jam.
One of string in a loaf of bread.
One of a loaf contaminated by paint.
One of maggotts in chocolates.
Warning letters were sent to the firms concerned in these cases.
Ice-Cream
One establishment in the Borough is registered for the manufacture
of ice-cream and 152 for the storage of ice-cream. Sixty-one
visits were paid during the year.

Two samples of ice-cream were taken and examined for bacteriological purity. The results are tabulated below: —

Provisional Grade.
IIIIIIIV
Coliforms absent ......2———
Coliforms present in 1 /10th ml————
Facal coli present (in addition to above) ........._____