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 cheese (2).
Mouldy jam.
Mouldy yoghurt *.
Mouldy canned Roly-poly.'
Mouldy sausage rolls.
Mouldy fruit pie (2) **.
Mouldy canned rice.
Mouldy scotch eggs.
Mouldy minced meat.
Mouldy butter *.
Mouldy sausages *.
Mouldy meat pie *.
Mouldy dates.
Smell from yoghurt.
Smell from fried fish.
Smell from canned fruit.
Smell from ice-cream.
Smell from leg of lamb.
Smell from canned brislings.
Smell from lard.
Smell from soup.
Sour cream (2) **.
Sour tasting beef.
Bad tasting meat pie.
Bitter taste of marrow.
Bitter taste of tomato juice.
Paraffin taste of biscuits.
Blown can of tomatoes.
Nail in canned tomatoes.
Insects in jar of onions *.
Insect in 'take away meal
Insect in cake.
Insects in packet of rice *.
Fly in carton of salad.
Fly in pasty.
Fly in medicine.
Maggots in bacon *.
Maggots in cheese.
Larvae in egg noodles.
Larvae in mustard.
Blue bottle fly in bacon.
Beetle in box of figs.
Unsound peppermint creams.
Unsound chicken liver.
Unsound beef (3).
Unsound lamb's liver.
Unsound bacon (3).
Unsound frozen chicken.
Unsound salad dressing.
Foreign matter in packet of fruit and nuts.
Foreign matter in individual trifle.
Foreign object in dried milk.
Foreign matter in frozen peas.
Stone in frozen beans.
Coke in frozen peas.
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