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Hornsey 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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FOOD SAMPLING
I have received the following information from Mr. J. A. O'Keefe,
Chief Officer of Public Control of the Middlesex County Council
whose Department is responsible for food sampling in the Borough.
Food and Drugs Acts, 1938-1950 List of Samples Procured in the Borough of Hornsey during the year 1953.
| Total samples | ||
|---|---|---|
| Articles | procured | Unsatisfactory |
| Milk (various) | 107 | 4 |
| Cakes | 35 | . |
| Cake Decorations | 1 | . |
| Cheese | 1 | . |
| Chops | 9 | . |
| Christmas Pudding | 1 | . |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 1 | . |
| Cooked Meats | 8 | . |
| Cream | 17 | . |
| Cream of Tartar | 1 | . |
| Dressed Crab | 1 | . |
| Drugs | 3 | . |
| Fish | 5 | . |
| Fish Paste | 1 | . |
| Flour | 6 | . |
| Frying Oil | 1 | . |
| Gelatine | 1 | . |
| Ginger Wine | 1 | . |
| Herrings in Wine Sauce | 1 | 1 |
| Horsemeat | 1 | . |
| Ice Cream | 7 | . |
| Ice Lolly | 1 | . |
| Marzipan | 1 | . |
| Meat Pie | 3 | . |
| Mincemeat | 1 | . |
| Molasses | 1 | . |
| Non-brewed Condiment | 1 | . |
| Olive Oil | 1 | . |
| Orange Squash | 1 | . |
| Preserves | 3 | . |
| Salad Cream | 1 | . |
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 34 | 1 |
| Soup | 1 | . |
| Suet | 1 | . |
| Sweets | 4 | . |
| Vinegar | 18 | 2 |
| White Pepper | 4 | . |
| Whisky | 15 | . |
| Totals | 300 | 8 |