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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
Croydon 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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98
Food and Drugs Acts.
Total Number of Samples taken during the year 1919.
Sample of
Total
Samples.
Genuine,
Not
Genuine.
Prosecutions.
Convictions.
Cautions
Milk
335
312
23
8
7
8
. Separated or Skimmed
4
3
1
1
1
—
Margarine
—
—
—
—
—
—
Butter
—
—
—
—
—
—
Drs.' Prescriptions
—
—
—
—
—
—
Self-raising Flour
—
—
—
—
—
—
Dripping
—
—
—
—
—
—
Bacon
—
—
—
—
—
—
Sausages
—
—
—
—
—
—
Sausage Meat
—
—
—
—
—
—
Soup Powder
—
—
—
—
—
—
Condensed Milk
—
—
—
—
—
—
Totals
339
315
24
9
8
8
Country Milk in course of delivery at railway station 112
On Milk rounds Sunday mornings16
,, ,, Weekdays 211
Total 339