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Coulsdon and Purley 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 1938. The powers under this Act
were taken over by the Council from the Surrey County
Council in October 1939 and the following table shows the
samples taken during the year.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 1938.
| ARTICLES. | FORMAL. | ANALYSED | TOTAL. | ADULTERATED OR DETERIORATED. | PROSECUTIONS. | CONVICTIONS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFORMAL. | FORMAL. | INFORMAL . | TOTAL. | |||||
| Milk. | 48 | 3 | 51 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Butter. | 1 | - | 1 | |||||
| Margarine. | . 3 | - | 3 | |||||
| Lard. | 1 | - | 1 | |||||
| Sugar. | 2 | - | 2 | |||||
| Sausages. | 7 | - | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | ||
| Jam. | 3 | - | 3 | |||||
| Ginger. wine. | l | - | l. | |||||
| Drugs. | 4 | - | 4 | |||||
| Bleach ointment. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Loganberries (tinned) | 1 | - | 1 | |||||
| Bread. | 4 | — | 4 | |||||
| Currants | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Lemon cheese | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Mincemeat | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Mustard mixture. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pickles. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vinegar, malt. | 2 | - | 2 | |||||
| TOTALS | 84 | 7 | 91 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||