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Wandsworth 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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46 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1963
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| 1267 | Chopped pork | Low in meat. Starchy matter present |
| 1302 | Ammoniated tincture of quinine | 4.7 per cent, deficient in ammonia. Excess quinine present. |
| 1303 | Spirit of sal volatile | Excess of ammonia and ammonia carbonate present |
| 1304 | Ammoniated tincture of quinine | 78 per cent deficient in ammonia. |
| 1305 | Ammoniated tincture of quinine | 4.7 per cent, deficient in ammonia |
| 1307 | Dirty milk bottle | Dirty oil and mould mycelium |
| 1337 | Cream Soda | Petroleum residue |
| 1393 | Salmon spread | 12 per cent, deficient in fish |
| 1399 | Meat paste | High propotion of fat |
| 1418 | Chocolate eclair | Foreign matter, feather (not characterised) |
| 1425 | Seasoning | Labelling offence — preservative not declared |
| 1426 | Seasoning | Labelling offence — preservative not declared |
| 1427 | Seasoning | Labelling offence — preservative not declared |
| 1428 | Seasoning | Labelling offence — preservative not declared |
| 1432 | Ice cream | 8.5 per cent, deficient in milk solids not fat |
| 1433 | Orange juice | 85 per cent, deficiency of Vitamin C |
| 1447 | Children's aspirin | 0.86 per cent, free salicytic acid |
| 1452 | Meat paste | 5.5 per cent, deficient in meat |
| 1454 | Fish paste | 7 per cent, deficient in fish |
| 1463 | Bread | Contained splinter of wood |
| 1471 | Orange juice | Apparent dilution with water |
| 1480 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 1484 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 1485 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 1489 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 1496 | Meat paste | Deficient in meat content |
| 1497 | Meat paste | Deficient in meat content |
| 3 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 11 | Bread | Contained cigarette end |
| 38 | Beef chipolatas | Deficient in meat content |
| 63 | Margarine | 0.5 per cent, excess water |
| 64 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 68 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 90 | Fish paste | Deficient in fish content |
| 106 | Seidlitz powder | Damp. Slightly deficient in Sodium Potassium Tartrate |
| 107 | Seidlitz powder | Damp. Slightly deficient in Sodium Potassium Tartrate |
Adulteration
The amount of adulteration detected during the year was :
For formal samples nil
For informal samples 6.70 per cent.
For all samples 5.20 per cent.