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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
Stepney 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ANALYST'S QUARTERLY REPORTS
For the Year 1956
During the year 347 samples were submitted for analysis, 155 being
purchased or taken formally and 192 informally.
The samples are classified as follows:-
| 15 Alcoholic Spirits | 1 Jelly (Table) |
| 2 Arrowroot | 1 " (Turtle) |
| 4 Baking Powder | 1 Kangaroo Tail Soup |
| 2 Blancmange Powder | 1 Luncheon Sausage |
| 1 Bread | 6 Margarine |
| 12 Buttered Rolls and Slices | 3 Meat (canned) |
| 1 Cake | 32 " (minced) |
| 6 Cake Mixtures | 1 Meat Paste |
| 4 Cheese | 2 Meat Pies |
| 3 Chewing Gum | 95 Milk |
| 1 Chicken and Lentils (canned) | 1 Mint Sauce |
| 1 Chilli Powder | 1 Mustard (prepared) |
| 1 Chocolates | 1 Non-brewed Condiment |
| 5 Condensed Milk | 1 Oranges |
| 2 Cucumbers in Brine | 1 Peas (canned) |
| 1 Curry Powder | 3 Pickles |
| 6 Dripping | 2 Ravioli (canned) |
| 5 Fish (canned) | 36 Sausages & Cooked Sausages |
| 4 Fish (bottled) | 2 Spices and Herbs |
| 2 Fish Paste | 3 Soft Drinks |
| 1 Fruit (canned) | 1 Soft Drink Tablets |
| 2 Fruit Squashes | 9 Soups (bottled and canned) |
| 4 Frying Oil | 2 Soup Tablets |
| 1 Gelatine | 1 Split Peas in Stew |
| 2 Gravy Powder | 1 Sweets |
| 5 Ground Ginger | 10 Tea |
| 1 Ice Cream | 1 Tomato Ketchup |
| 2 Ice Lollies | 1 Tripe (canned) |
| 3 Jam | 2 Vinegar |
3 Boracic Ointment
2 Cascara Tablets
1 Cough Mixture
2 Epsom Salts
2 Glauber Salts
2 Glycerine
1 Halibut Oil Capsules
1 Olive Oil
1 Sedative Tablets
3 Throat Lozenges
2 Vitamin Preparations
2 Wintergreen Oil & Liniment
4 Zinc Ointment and Cream.
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