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 Chislehurst]
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Formal. | Informal. | |
---|---|---|
Fish Cake | 1 | - |
Flavouring | - | 2 |
Flour | — | 2 |
Gelatine | — | 4 |
Gin | 3 | - |
Golden Raising Powder | - | 2 |
Ground Cinnamon | — | 2 |
Ground Ginger | - | 1 |
Ice Cream | 2 | - |
Iced Christmas Cake | 1 | 1 |
Jam | - | 5 |
Jelly Crystals | - | 1 |
Lard | 3 | - |
Margarine | 4 | 1 |
Malted Milk | — | 1 |
Meat Pie | 1 | - |
Milk | 5 | 62 |
Mineral Water | — | 1 |
Mixed Spice | - | 2 |
Mustard | — | 2 |
Paste, Fish and Meat | 1 | 3 |
Petroleum Jelly | - | 1 |
Pickles | - | 2 |
Prunes | 1 | |
Pudding Mixture | - | 4 |
Rum | 1 | 1 |
Saccharin | - | 6 |
Sausage Meat | 1 | - |
Self Raising Flour | — | 1 |
Soup Powder | - | 1 |
Soya Flour | 1 | - |
Sponge Mixture | — | 3 |
Stuffing | - | 2 |
Sweetening Tablets | — | 1 |
Talcum Powder | — | 2 |
Tinned Beans | - | 2 |
Tinned Soup | - | 5 |
Tincture of Iodine | — | 3 |
Vinegar | - | 4 |
Vitacup Beverage | - | 1 |
Whisky | 1 | 1 |
Zinc Ointment | - | 1 |
33 | 160 |
The examination of these samples showed them to be of
genuine quality with the exception of 1 milk (informal),
16.7% fat deficiency; 1 baking powder (informal), 19%
CO2 deficiency; 1 golden raising powder (informal),
2.4% CO2 deficiency.
(iv) Ice Cream.
Ten samples were taken for bacteriological examination.
No pathogenic organisms were found to be present.
(v) Slaughterhouses.
There are 2 licensed slaughterhouses within the District.
(vi) Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.
(a) Slaughtering.
No animals were slaughtered.
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