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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Coulsdon and Purley 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
The following samples were taken during 1949 and submitted to the Public Analyst, with the results shown:—
| Articles. | Analysed. | Non-Genuine. | Remarks. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | ||
| Almond paste substitute | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Bread | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Barley sugar sweets | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Beer | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Cough mixture | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | Incorrectly labelled. |
| Coffee and chicory | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Coffee, pure | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Condensed milk | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Fruit drink powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Fruit drops | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | Added sulphur dioxide. |
| Fruit squash | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Gelatine | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Glace cherries | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ice-cream | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Icette | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Jam | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Lemonade powder | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Milk | 46 | — | 46 | — | — | — | — |
| Meat lunch | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | Ingredients not specified on label. |
| Marmalade | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Maralyn milk | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed herbs | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Prepared mixed vegetables | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Potato crisps | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Prescription powder | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Pudding mixture | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Pepper | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Potato powder | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sweetened fat | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sausage meat—beef | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Sausages—beef | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Sponge mixture | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scone flour mixture | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Suet—beef | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sherbet fountain | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Deficiency in tartaric acid. Excess of magnesium carbonate and almost devoid of effervescent properties. |
| Soup—canned | — | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | Ingredients not specified on label. |
| Tea | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Throat lozenges | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 5 | — | 5 | 4 | — | 4 | l—Non-brewed; deficient in acetic acid. 3—Added salt. |
| Whiskey | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 94 | 20 | 114 | 6 | 4 | 10 | |