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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22.
All condemned food was either incinerated at the Refuse Destructor,
Garth Road, Morden, by arrangement with the Merton and Morden Urban District
Council, or treated with dye and disposed of to fat and bone merchants.
FOOD AND DHUGS ACT. 1955
Formal Samples
Thirty-four formal samples were taken as follows:Milk
30 Pork Sausages with preservative 4
Informal Samples
One hundred and thirty-nine informal samples were taken as follows:-
Double Devon Cream 1
Milk-Shake Syrup (Pineapple) 1
Butter Sponge Syrup Pudding 1
Chocolate Swiss Roll (Vanilla
Filled) 1
English Stewed Steak in Gravy 1
Creamed Horseradish 1
Strawberries in Heavy Syrup 1
Vegetable Shortening 1
Margarine (containing 10%
Butter) 2
Cheez Wiz 1
Acetyl Salicylic Acid with
Ipecac and Opium Tablets
B.P.C. 1
Bismuth Compound Lozenges
B.P.C. 1
Calcium with Vitamin D Tablets
B.P.C. 1
Dramamine Tablets 1
Bread 2
Raspberry Yogurt 1
Military Pickle 1
Instant Coffee 1
Tomato Ketchup 1
Beef Curry with Rice 1
Benzoic Acid Solution 1
Capsicium Ointment B.P.C. 1
Aluminium Compound 1
Liquorice Compound Powder 1
Clotted Cream 1
Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauoe 1
Tomato and Cheese Sauce 1
Spanish Rice with Tomatoes, Pork
and Peppers 1
Capriton Tablets 1
Prodexin Tablets 1
Instant Coffee 1
Ground Paprika 1
Pure Almond Marzipan 1
Vegetables and Liver
(Junior Dinner) 1
Double Cream 1
Raspberry Yogfruit 1
Minced Beef with Onion and
Gravy 1
Orange Drink 1
Pure Honey 1
Christmas Pudding 1
Mincemeat 1
Sunnybisk 1
Brown Crispbread 1
Danish Camembert Cheese 1
Rivella Health Drink 1
Benemid Tablets 1
Home Farm Tips Tea 1
Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce 1
Processed Peas 1
"Handy" Milk Tops 1
Grated Cheese 1
French Cream 1
Cookeen- Compound Fat 1
Prawn Curry with Rice 1
Savoroni (Chicken Flavour) 1
Chili-Con-Came Chili Beef
with Beans 1
Magnesium Trisilicate Powder
B.P. 1
Folic Acid Tablets 1
Nicotinic Acid Tablets 1