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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
Bromley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
| Article | Samples taken | Result | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | In formal | Genuine | Adulterated | ||
| Aspirin Tablets | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Baking Powder | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Bicarbonate of Soda | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Butter | 2 | - | 2 | - | |
| Cereal Filler | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Chocolate Couverture | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Cocoa | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Coffee Extract | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Confectionery | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Cough Mixture | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Cream of Tartar | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Custard Powder | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Dessert Powder (Sweetened) | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Epsom Salts | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Fish Paste | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Flavouring & Colouring Tablets | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Flavouring & Colouring Powder | - | 5 | - | ||
| Frofrute | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Gelatine | - | 5 | 5 | - | |
| Glace Cherries | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Glycerine, Lemon & Orange Balsam | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Horseradish Sauce | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Ice Cream (Loose) | - | 28 | 28 | - | |
| Ice Cream (Mix) | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Ice Cream (Pre-packed) | - | 57 | 57 | - | |
| Ice Cream (Choc. Pre-packed) | - | 17 | 17 | - | |
| Ice Cream Powder | - | 1 | - | 1 | See (a) |
| Ice Lolly | - | 6 | 6 | - | |
| Kola | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Lemonade Powder | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Lime Water | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Liquorice | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Liver Salts | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Margarine | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Milk (Ordinary) | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Milk (Pasteurised) | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | |
| Milk (TT. Pasteurised) | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| Milk (T.T Farm Bottled) | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | See (b) |
| Milk (T.T.) | 1 | - | 1 | - | |
| Milk (Condensed Sweetened) | - | 1 | - | 1 | See (c) |
| Milk (Dried) | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Mincemeat | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Mixed Spice | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Pastry Mix | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Pepper Flavoured Compound | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Pickled Pork | - | 1 | - | 1 | See (d) |
| Pickles | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Quenchers | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Saccharin | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Salad Oil | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Sausage Meat | - | 10 | 3 | 2 | See (e), (i) & (ii) |