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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| Samples of | Total Samples | Genuine | Wot Genuine | Prose-cutions | Ccn- victions | Cautions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 772 | 738 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Sultanas | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Shredded Beef Suet | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Steak and Kidney Pie | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Shredded Beef | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Steamed Pudding | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Sweetened Custard Powder | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Table Jellies | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Tapioca | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Tea | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Tinned Vegetables | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Tinned Beans | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Tinned Soup | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Tinned Peas | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | |
| Tinned Carrots | 2 | - | - | |||
| Tincture of Iodine | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Vegetable Brawn | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Vinegar (non-brewed) | 1 | – | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Whiskey | 5 | - | - | - | ||
| 821 | 786 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
Result of analysis of No w Milk Samples
Solids not Fa t . ( Legal standard is 8.5% )
| 5.36 | 5.64 | 5.97 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Milk fat (Legal standard is 3%)
| 2.32 | 2.51 | 2.7 | 2.80 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 36 | 59 | 55 | 51 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 11 | |||||||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Total samples of new milk 314. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The samples of milk for analysis were obtained as follows :-
| Country milk in course of delivery | 4 |
| On milk rounds | 150 |
| "Appeal to cow" samples | – |
| At shops | 149 |
| Taken at Institutions | 7 |
| Taken at Farms | 4 |
| Other samples | |
| 314 |
•ft-vcrago oomnosition of new milk samples.
Solids not fat 8.78%
Milk fat 5.54$
Percentage of new mi 11c samples below losal standard 8.1$.
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