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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Informal | Nature or extent of adulteration | Action Taken |
|---|---|---|
| Tinned Italian Plum Tomatoes | Skin very badly bruised. | Formal sample taken - satisfactory. |
| Condensed Pull Cream Milk unsweetened | Deficient in butter fat to the extent of 2.2 per cent of the minimum required amount. | Formal sample taken - satisfactory. |
| Frankfurters | Sample deficient in meat to the extent of 41 per cent of the minimum required amount. | Shop closed, no further action possible. |
| Buttercake | Contained fat other than butter fat. | The matter had already been taken up with the manufacturers. |
| Corned Beef | Outer slices of meat contained an excess of tin. | The rest of the consignment was surrendered by the retailer. |
| Dairy Ice Cream | Sample deficient in skim milk solids. | Formal sample taken. |
| Corned Beef | Tin badly corroded and sample contained an excessive amount of tin. | Vendor voluntarily surrendered all stocks of this consignment. No further action. |
| Corned Beef | Sample contained an excessive amount of tin. | Vendor voluntarily surrendered all stocks of this consignment. No further action. |
| Water Ice (Lemon) (Liquid) | Sample contained an excessive amount of lead, | Legal proceedings were authorised but owing to certain difficulties which arose and the fact that it was an informal sample, it was not possible to institute legal proceedings, |
| Water Ice (Orange) (Liquid) | Sample contained an excessive amount of lead. | Legal proceedings were authorised but owing to certain difficulties which arose and the fact that it was an informal sample, it was not possible to institute legal proceedings. |
| Chillie Powder (2 samples) | Contained a small amount of non permitted colour. | All stocks of this Chillie Powder were re exported. |
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT 1933. SECTION 18 (Prohibitions and Regulations
with respect to sale of poisons) enacts that except in the case of an author
ised seller of poisons selling from premises duly registered under Part I of
the Act, no person shall sell any poison included in Part II of the Poisons
List unless his name is entered in a local authority s list of sellers of such
poisons, The names of 113 persons and the addresses of their business premises
were entered in the authority's register for the sale of Part II poisons at
the end of the year. The main business of these sellers was
Grocer
Hardware Store
Drug Store
Hairdresser
Disinfectant Merchant
Seed Merchant
Turpentine Bottler
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