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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
Tottenham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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benefit of all districts of Middlesex equally in scrutinising
advertisements and the labels of pre-packed foods and correcting
false or misleading descriptions or errors in statement of composition
found therein. Corrective action during the year in
question included biscuits, confectionery, spirits, sausages in
brine, cereals, fruit squashes, margarine, ginger wine, imitation
cream, liver puree, iced lollies, cheese spreads, tinned fruit and
vegetables. "
Food and Drugs Acts
List of Samples procured in the Borough of
Tottenham during the year 1955
| Article | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk, various | 130 | 3 |
| Bacon and Beans | 1 | - |
| Baking Powder | 1 | - |
| Butter | 10 | - |
| Cakes | 35 | 1 |
| Cake Mix | 1 | - |
| Carrot Juice | 1 | |
| Cereal | 1 | - |
| Cheese | 8 | - |
| Cooked Meats | 17 | - |
| Crab Meat | 2 | - |
| Cream | 14 | - |
| Curry Powder | 1 | - |
| Drugs | 31 | 1 |
| Eggs | 1 | - |
| Fish | 5 | - |
| Fish Cake | 3 | - |
| Fruit Drink | 1 | - |
| Fruit Squash | 2 | - |
| Fruit Juice | 2 | - |
| Ground Almonds | 2 | |
| Ice Cream | 10 | - |
| Iced Lollies | 18 | 2 |
| Lard | 1 | - |
| Liver | 12 | 6 |
| Margarine | 2 | - |
| Marzipan | 1 | - |
| Meat | 13 | - |