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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
Camberwell 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell]
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| Nature of Food. | Weight. | Surrendered or seized. | Result of Action taken. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. | c. | q. | 1. | |||
| Fish— | ||||||
| Rock Salmon | - | 1 | l | 24 | Surrendered | Destroyed at Council's Depot. |
| Winkles | - | 2 | 2 | 14 | do. | do. |
| Herrings | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | do. | do. |
| Cod | - | - | 1 | 7 | do. | do. |
| Skate | - | 1 | 1 | 7 | do. | do. |
| Haddocks (Smoked) | - | - | 3 | 0 | do. | do. |
| Haddocks (Fresh) | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | do. | do. |
| Plaice | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | do. | do. |
| - | 10 | 2 | 12 | |||
| Fruit— | ||||||
| Apples | - | - | 1 | 22 | do. | do. |
| Peaches | - | - | - | 7 | do. | do. |
| Tomatoes | - | 6 | 2 | 10 | do. | do. |
| - | 7 | 0 | 11 | |||
| Meat— | ||||||
| Bacon | - | - | 1 | 2 | do. | do. |
| Butchers' Meat | - | 10 | 0 | 6 | do. | do. |
| Rabbits (18) | - | - | 1 | 9 | do. | do. |
| Turkeys(2) | - | - | - | 20 | do. | do. |
| - | 10 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Tinned Foods— | ||||||
| Condensed and Evaporated Milk, 6,916 tins | 2 | 16 | 0 | 13 | do. | do. |
| Fish, 5,872 tins | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | do. | do. |
| Fruit, 561 tins | - | 6 | 3 | 7 | do. | do. |
| Meat, 53 tins | - | - | 2 | 17 | do. | do. |
| Fish and Meat Pastes, 23,652 tins | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | do. | do. |
| Syrup, 12 tins | - | - | - | 25 | do. | do. |
| Pickles, 4 jars | - | - | - | 4 | do. | do. |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | |||
| Packet Foods— | ||||||
| Soups, Gravy Salts, Savouries, Jellies, Egg Powders and Pudding Mixtures | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | do. | do. |
| Confectionery— | ||||||
| Toffee and Chocolates | - | 4 | 2 | 22 | do. | do. |
| Total amount of food destroyed | 12 | 4 | 2 | 17 | ||
Report of the Food and Drugs Inspector, G. T. Dewey, on the
Administration of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928,
and other Acts, Regidations and Orders, for the year ended
December 31st, 1929.
On the 1st day of January, 1929, an Act, which repealed and
consolidated the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,
1875 to 1927, together with a number of amending provisions
contained in other statutes, and cited as the Food and Drugs
(Adulteration) Act, 1928, came into operation.
In addition, the following Acts and Orders also became
wholly or partly operative at various periods of the year, viz.:—
The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 3 Order, 1928
(Part I); the Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) No. 5 Order,
1928, Parts I, II, III and IV; and the Artificial Cream Act, 1929.
During the year under review 1,031 formal samples and 88
informal samples were submitted for analysis. Of the formal,
51 were returned as either adulterated or not conforming in other
respects to requirements, the percentage being 4.94; and with
regard to the informal samples 9 were not up to standard, giving
a percentage of adulteration of 10.22.
The total percentage of samples submitted for analysis during
the year, both formal and informal, which were found to be adulterated
was 5.36. Six hundred and thirty-seven post-cards were