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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
Sutton and Cheam 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| Article. | Number of samples examined. | Number of unsatisfactory samples. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Brought forward | 5 | 63 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Influenza Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jams (Various) | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
| Junket (Rennet) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ka-fat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lemonade Crystals | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lemon Drink Crystals | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lemon Linctus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lemonade Powder (Suckers) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lemonade Powder | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Lime Flavour Compound | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liver Tone Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liviar | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lung Syrup | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Malt Extract Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Malted Milk Powder | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Milk | 75 | 75 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Mint | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mustard Cream | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mustard Sauce | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Olive Oil | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Orafin Laxative | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Paraffin (Medicinal) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Paste of Dates | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pepper (White) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Potato Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pudding Mixtures | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Quinine (Ammoniated Tincture) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rum | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Saccharin Tablets | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Sage | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Salad Cream | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Salad Oil | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Sauce | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Sausages (Beef) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Scone Mixture | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Seidlitz Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Serocalcin | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Soup (Oxtail: Celery) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Sponge Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sulphur Tablets, | ||||||
| (Flavoured) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sweetening Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sweephat | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sweets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Syrup Laxative | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Table Jelly | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Tablets for Anaemia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Teaseed Oil for Salad | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Tonic Food | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vinegar (Malt) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Vinegar (non-brewed) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Whiskey | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Yeast (Dried) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total: | 91 | 130 | 221 | 13 | 13 | 26 |
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