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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Total samples | Genuine | Not Genuine | Prosecutions | Convictions | Cautions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cream Chicken | ||||||
| Soup | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Cream Tomato Soup | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cream of Tarter | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Currants | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Custard Powder | 19 | 19 | ||||
| Camphorated Oil | a | 2 | ||||
| Cheese | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Chopped Suet | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Demarara Sugar | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Dessicated | ||||||
| Coconut | l | |||||
| Dried Apricots | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Dried Fruit | 1 | l | ||||
| Dried Prunes | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dripping | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Dry Ginger Ale | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Egg Substitute Pdr | 2 | 12 | ||||
| Elderberry Wine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Faggots | 1 | l | ||||
| Fish Cakes | 8 | 8 | ||||
| ,, Fillets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ,, Paste | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Flaked Rice | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ,, Tapioca | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Flour | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Galantine Beef | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ginger Ale | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ,, Beer | 13 | 13 | ||||
| ,, Wine | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Gin | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Glycerine | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Golden Syrup | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Granulated Sugar | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Grape Fruit Squash | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ground Almonds | 9 | 9 | ||||
| ,, Cinnamon | 7 | 7 | ||||
| ,, Coffee | 2 | 2 | ||||
| " Ginger | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ground Rica | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Ham-Tinned | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ham | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Ham & Tongue Paste | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Honey | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Ice Cream | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Jam | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Jellied Veal | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lard Substitute | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Lemonade | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Lemon Cheese | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Lemon Crystals | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lemon Curd | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Lemon Squash | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Liver Sausage | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Luncheon Sausage | 14 | 14 | ||||
| Lunch Tongue | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Margarine | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||
| Meat Paste | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Meat Pies | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Meat Roll | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mild Beer | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Minced Beef | 3 | 3 |
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