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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Larvae in chocolate confection.
Worms in cod (2).
Flies in orange juice.
Fly in fruit pie.
Grasshopper in fruit cocktail.
Larder beetles in confectionery.
Beetle in canned loganberries.
Beetle in canned fruit salad.
Ants in bakewell tarts*.
Maggots in cheese roll*.
Maggots in cheese.
Maggots in chicken*.
Soapy taste of tea.
Cardboard in fish portions.
Stale biscuits.
Stale gateaux.
Stale cake.
Stale mushroom pie.
Stale meat pie.
Stale coleslaw.
Rusty can of rhubarb.
Stone in peas.
Black marks in baked beans.
Black particles in luncheon meat.
Black particles in flour.
Black substance in yoghurt.
Dye in steaklets.
Green potatoes*.
Green colouration in canned pork.
Discoloured chocolates (2).
Discoloured breakfast slices.
Dark substance in frozen peas.
White substance in ham*.
Decomposed chicken portions (2).
Unfit scampi.
Unfit breakfast cereal.
Unfit meat (2).
Unfit herrings.
Abcess in pork chop.
Abcess in kidney.
Plastic in pastry.
Plastic in canned peas*.
Undercooked pastry.
Sour sausages (2).
Sour cream (3)*.
Sold out of date, 'Fish Bordelaise'.
Sold out of date, bacon.
Sold out of date, cream.
Unsound bacon.
Unsound sea island rice.
Unsound haddock portions.
Unfresh eggs.
Smell from fish fingers.
Smell from lamb chop.
Smell from canned peas.
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