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 Merton]
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Mouldy bag of flour.
Mouldy crumpets.
Mouldy sausage roll.
Mouldy pork pie*.
Mouldy cornish pasty.
Mould in apple pie*.
Mould in can of spaghetti bolognese.
Mould growth on chocolate sponge sandwich.
Mould growth on bacon.
Mould growth on sausages.
Glass in pork and ham sandwich.
Glass in packet of chicken supreme.
Glass in cakes (3)*.
Glass fragment in glass jar of pickle.
Glass in bottle of lemon squash.
Glass in cereal.
Glass in ice lolly.
Insect in fish and chips.
Insect in cereal.
Insect in orange.
Insect in baby rice.
Insect in creamed rice milk pudding.
Insect in can of pineapple.
Insect on bag of flour.
Insects in sugar.
Insect infested sweets (2)*.
Fly in sausage and sauce roll.
Fly in chicken roll*
Maggots in bacon pieces.
Maggots in packet of currants.
Blowfly and eggs in corned beef slices.
Snail in blackcurrant jam.
Moth in bar of chocolate.
Wire in can of pineapple pie filling.
Wire in apple puff.
Wire and fibres in prawn curry.
Metal in can of corned beef.
Metal in pie.
Foreign matter on breast of chicken.
Foreign matter in turkey liver.
Foreign matter in can of minced beef.
Foreign matter in packet of mince pies.
Foreign body in mint creams.
Unsound can of tomatoes.
Unsound can of peaches.
Crystals (Tyrosin) on livers.
Crystals in can of sardines.
Putrified can of prawns.
Putrified can of red salmon.
Putrified packet of black pudding.
Tainted luncheon meat.
Tainted yoghurt*.
Tainted fish.
Unsound can of red salmon.
Bristles in sponge cakes.
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