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 Camden]
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TABLE
Article | Nature of adulteration or irregularity | Observations |
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Pork sausages | Preservative not declared | Warning letter to manufacturers. |
Butter | Mouldy | No further action in view of lengthy period of storage |
Yogurt | Fermenting | Proprietor warned re stock rotation further sample taken - satisfactory |
Beef sausages | Preservative not declared | Presence of preservative declared in shop |
Lemon Juice | Contained 50 per cent water as adulterant | Legal proceedings. £10 fine. £4. 4s costs |
Foreign matter | Consisted of soil from braised steak | Legal proceedings. £25 fine. £5.5s. costs. |
Pork sausages (chipolatas) | Contained excess preservative | Further sample taken - satisfactory. |
Mincemeat | Contains sulphur dioxide preservative | No further action. Premises closed. |
Foreign body found in sausage | Not of the substance demanded | Warning letter to manufacturers. |
Foreign substance found in Channel Island milk | Not of substance demanded, nor was it contained in a clean bottle | Warning letter to retailer. |
Rose water | Inadequate labelling | New label provided. |
Yogurt | Mouldy | Warning given regarding storage and stock rotation. |
Steak and kidney pie | Mouldy | Warning given regarding storage and stock rotation. |
Buttered bun | Margarine, not butter | Legal proceedings Fined £10, Costs £3.3s. |
Beef sausages | Presence of preservative not declared | Presence of preservative declared in shop. |
Pork chipolatas | Presence of preservative not declared | Presence of preservative declared In shop. |
Beef sausages | Presence of preservative not declared | Presence of preservative declared In shop. |
Pork chipolatas | Excess preservative, presence not declared | Formal sample taken - genuine. |
Beef links | Excess preservative, presence not declared | Formal sample taken - genuine. |
Buttered bun | Margarine and butter mixture | Formal sample taken - genuine. |
Buttered roll | Margarine, not butter | Legal proceedings (summons withdrawn - lack of proof of ownership). |
Buttered bun | Margarine, not butter | Legal proceedings £15 fine £5. 15s.6d costs. |
Opened bottle of Channel Islands milk | Unclean bottle | Warning letter to dairy. |
Blowfly in pie | Unfit for human consumption | Legal proceedings. Fined £25. Costs £5.5s. |
Foreign substance in light ale | Unfit for human consumption | Warning letter to brewers. |
Blackcurrant crumble | Misleadlngly labelled | New label provided. |
Smoked cod roe | Presence of salt not declared | Warning letter to retailer. |
Milk bottle | Patch of mould Inside | Legal proceedings. Fined £20. Costs £11. 10s. |
Sugared hemp seed | Coloured with non-permitted colours | All stock surrendered. |
Beans and gravy with meat | No list of Ingredients | New label provided. (Sample was from old stock). |