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 Wimbledon]
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SAMPLING OF FOOD AND DRUGS
The following samples were submitted to the Public Analyst during 1960, with the results shown:-
Articles | Total | Formal | Informal | Genuine | Non genuine or irregular |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apples | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Apple pie | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Baby food | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Bacon | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Beef loaf, minced | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Beef suet | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Beetroot, canned | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Blackcurrant drink | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Braised steak, canned | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Bread | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Buttered rolls | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Cereal | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Cheese spread | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Cherry wine | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Chicken and veal pie | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Chutney | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Cocktail sausages | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Cocoa | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Coconut | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Coffee and chicory essence | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — |
Coffee, instant | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Confectionery, sugar | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
Confectionery, flour | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | — |
Cordials | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | — |
Cornish pasties | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Cough syrup | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — |
Cream, canned | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — |
Cream, thick, canned | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Cucumber salad | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Currants | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Curry powder | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Dressed crab, canned | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — |
Dripping | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Dubonnet | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Faggots | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — |
Fish cakes | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
C/fd. | 55 | 45 | 10 | 54 | 1 |