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 the year 1950
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SAMPLING OF FOOD AND DRUGS
During the year, four hundred samples were submitted to the Public Analyst for examination,, Of this number, one hundred and seventy-five were "Formal", and two hundred and twenty-five "Informal". The following table shows the complete list of samples taken:-
Article | Number examined | Number adulterated, etc, | ||||
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Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Almonds, ground | . | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Bacon | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |
Baking powder | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
Biscuits, Chocolate | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Blancmange | - | 1 | 1 | |||
Bread | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Breadcrumbs | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
Butter | 3 | 3 | - | - | ||
Cake | 3 | 3 | - | |||
Cake Flour | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
Cake Mixture | 5 | 6 | 11 | - | ||
Celery Salt | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Cheese | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Christmas Pudding | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Cocoa | 2 | - | 2 | — | - | |
Coconut | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Coffee | 1 | 1 | - | - | — | |
Coffee & Chicory | 1 | ~ | 1 | - | - | |
Coffee Essence | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Coffee Extract | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
Confectionery | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cornflour | 2 | 2 | ||||
Cooking Fat | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | |
Custard Powder | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | - | |
Curry Powder | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Dessert Powder | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |
Essences & Flavours: | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Almond | - | 2 | 2 | |||
Lemon | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Raspberry | - | 1 | 1 | _ | - | — |
Rum | - | 1 | — | - | - | |
Vanilla | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Fisha canned | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Fish Cake | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | |
Fish Paste | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Flour | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Flour, self-raising | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Carried Forward | 27 | 45 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 3 |