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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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Enquiries are made into the nature of food stuffs thought to be
harmful. The following were examined during the year:—
Chocolate Easter Egg.—This sample consisted of a shell onesixteenth
of an inch thick, and that was not all chocolate but contained
35 per cent, of cocoa butter, the remainder being cocoa powder,
sugar and maize starch—largely the latter. The chocolate was of
low-grade quality, rough to palate, and poor in flavour. The core
consisted of a biscuit material.
Rice.—There were few grains present in this sample from which
husk had not been removed.
Pie.—:No coliform bacilli. No non-lactose fermenting bacilli.
No coccoid organisms. Large number of spores bearing bacilli of
B. subtilis type. The consumption of meat pie containing large
numbers of these organisms may tend to produce temporary gastrointestinal
symptoms.
| Number of visits to waterways | 33 |
| Number of boats inspected | 18 |
| Number of boats not registered | Nil |
| Number of boats conforming to Acts | 18 |
| Number of boats infringing the Acts | — |
| Number of Certificates examined | 18 |
| Number of persons for which boats were registered—Adults | 62 |
| Children | Nil |
| Number of persons living on boats so registered—Men | 36 |
| Women | Nil |
| Children | Nil |
| Number of Notices issued | Nil |
| Number of Notices complied with | Nil |
| Legal proceedings taken | Nil |
IX.—HOUSING.
1 —GENERAL.
Number of Houses erected during the year:—
(a) Total 8, and 90 flats
(b) With State assistance under
the Housing Acts:—
(i) By the Local Authority -
{ii) By other bodies or persons 8, and 90 flats