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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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| No. Sample. | Adulteration or Deficiency. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|
| 1497. Battermix | Contained excessive flourine. | |
| 951. Flour, cake, sweetened. | do | |
| 952. Flour, self raising | do | |
| 395. Raising powder, golden. | do | In all these cases the Vendors have been communicated with and steps were taken to ensure that the percentage of flourine is kept down to the minimum. |
| 185. Flour, batter | do | |
| 1195. Pudding, sponge and cake mixture. | do | |
| 613. Flour, cake, unsweetened. | do | |
| 1837. Flour, cake, chocolate flavour. | do | |
| 1939. Flour, bun and cake. | do | |
| 382. Custard powder substitute. | Sample of wheat flour preparation containing living flour mites. | Article and balance of stock at once withdrawn from sale. |
| 363. Vinegar, malt | Sample did not contain sufficient malt vinegar, and did contain acetic acid. | Vendor communicated with and further samples taken proved genuine. |
| 310. Cordial, lime flavour. | In analyst's opinion, cordial sweetening agent should be almost entirely sugar and in this case it was almost entirely saccharin, which is devoid of food value. | The Vendors were communicated with and this article proved to have been in stock for over twelve months. It is no longer on sale, as all cordials are now made according to Ministry of Food recipe. |
| 445. "Friquix" | Wheat flour mixture containing large numbers of living mites. | Article and balance of stock of wholesalers at once withdrawn from sale. |
| 419. Milk | Slightly deficient in milk solids. | Samples were taken in course of delivery from wholesalers as a result of unsatisfactory results. These also proved unsatisfactory, and the matter was re ported to the Authorities in whose areas the farms from which the milk was obtained were situated, asking them to take further samples. Owing to petrol and other restrictions, we were unable to do this ourselves. |
| 428. Milk | 4 per cent. added water. | |
| 429. Milk | 3 per cent. added water. | |
| 430. Milk | 2 per cent. added water. | |
| 431. Milk | 1 per cent. added water. | |
| 433. Milk | 2 per cent. added water. |