Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Table 33 Food and Drugs Samples Submitted to Public Analyst
Sample | Total Number Procured | Number Unsatisfactory |
---|---|---|
Baby Foods | 4 | 2 |
Beverages, fruit juices, syrups, etc. | 56 | 4 |
Biscuits | 26 | 1 |
Bread | 7 | 2 |
Butter and Margarine | 32 | 1 |
Cakes | 27 | 4 |
Cereals | 10 | — |
Cheese | 49 | 2 |
Coffee | 7 | — |
Confectionery | 35 | 4 |
Cooking fats, including lard, etc. | 7 | — |
Cooking oil | 3 | 1 |
Cream | 10 | 3 |
Dessert Products | 12 | 2 |
Drugs | 20 | 3 |
Fish and fish products | 18 | 2 |
Flour | 18 | 1 |
Fruit (all kinds) | 34 | 4 |
Jams and preserves | 29 | 2 |
Jelly | 6 | 2 |
Meat and meat products | 105 | 10 |
Milk (various) | 11 | 1 |
Nuts | 6 | — |
Puddings | 6 | 1 |
Salt, mustard and pepper | 6 | — |
Sauces and pickles | 55 | 3 |
Soup | 13 | 1 |
Spices, etc. | 8 | — |
Sugar | 5 | — |
Tea | 7 | — |
Vegetables (fresh and canned) | 33 | 1 |
Miscellaneous | 47 | 7 |
TOTAL | 712 | 64 (9%) |
Table 34 Food and Drugs Bacteriological Examination of Ice-Cream Methylene Blue Test
Vendor | Type of Ice-Cream | Results | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grade | Grade | Grade | Grade | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Shop Premises | Loose or Soft | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Mobile Traders | Loose or Soft | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |