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Hackney 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Milk 636
Butter 63
Margarine 51
Sausages 18
Sweets 15
Cream 13
Chopped Meat 10
Pickles 9
Dried Fruit 7
Brawn 6
Canned Fruit 6
Fish Paste 6
Jam 6
Proceedings were taken against a vendor for selling chopped meat
containing sulphur dioxide, and another vendor for selling sauce containing
copper sulphate. Particulars of the fines and costs imposed
in these two cases will be seen on page 114.
Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.
Laboratories at which work is carried out:—Royal Institute of
Public Health, Camberwell Research Laboratories, and the Laboratory
of the Public Analyst.
Enquiries are made into the nature of foodstuffs thought to be
harmful. It was not necessary to make any such special enquiries
during 1929.
Mincemeat 6
Mineral Waters and Cordials 6
Sponge Mixture 6
Breakfast Sausage 5
Meat Paste 4
Sauce 4
Sterilised Cream 3
Luncheon Sausage 2
Mixed Peel 2
Sausage Meat 2
Artificial Cream 1
Dried Peas 1
Tea 1
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