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Chigwell 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

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Flour wholemeal 1 Genuine
Ginger Beer 1 "
Herbalene 1 "
Herbal Tablets 1 "
Linseed,Licquorice and
Chloroform tablets 1 "
Menthol and Eucalyptus Pastilles 1 "
Milk, Channel Islands Pasteurised 2 "
Milk, Channel Islands T.T. 2 "
Milk,Pasteurised 7 "
Milk, Sterilized 1 "
Milk, T.T.Pasteurised 4 "
Nutmeg, ground 1 (2)
Orange drink 1 Genuine
Raisins, seedless 1 "
Rheumatism Herbs 1 "
Swedish Milk Diet 1 "
Unmalted Slippery Elm Food 1 "
Wheat Embryo, Froment Pure, 1 "
Comments on items marked (l) & (2):-
(1) Dandelion Coffee:
This contained 5.8% of silicious matter which was considered
excessive by the Public Analyst, but not excessive enough to warrant
a prosecution.
(2) Ground Nutmeg:
Legal Action was commenced but not proceeded with because of a
mistake in the service of the summons and an alleged defect in the
sampling process.
(g) Adulteration:
See remarks under (l) and (2) of Section (f).
(h) Ice Cream:
27 visits were made to ice cream premises during the year.
There are 6 manufacturers and 95 vendors on the register.
The following are the results obtained from samples of Ice
Cream submitted to the Public Health Laboratories:-
/Manufactured
-27-