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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
Carshalton 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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The results of the examination of 147 samples of ice cream were as follows:—
| No. of Samples. | Grade. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 147 | 52 | 26 | 53 | 16 |
Meat and Other Foods.
Only 6 pigs were slaughtered in the district and these were
inspected and passed for food.
The following 319 samples were procured and submitted for analysis:—
| Article. | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular. | Article. | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Juice | 1 | Jam | 3 | 1 | |
| Aspirins | 1 | Jelly | 1 | ||
| Baking Powder | 1 | Jelly Crystals | 2 | ||
| Bevmo | 1 | Kaola | 1 | ||
| Black Pudding | 2 | Kilkof | 1 | ||
| Brawn | 1 | Lemonade | 1 | ||
| Butter | 1 | Linctus | 1 | ||
| Cake Mixture | 4 | Malt Extract Tablets | 1 | ||
| Camphorated Oil | 1 | Margarine | 2 | ||
| Castor Oil | 1 | Meat Pork Press | 1 | ||
| Chocolate Cup | 1 | Meat, Potted | 1 | ||
| Cocoa | 1 | Meat Sausage, Beef | 1 | ||
| Cocom | 1 | Milk | 225 | 5 | |
| Coffee | 2 | Pepper, White | 1 | ||
| Coffee & Chicory Esscncc | 2 | Pinicle Pellets | 1 | ||
| Cordial | 1 | Potato Powder | 1 | ||
| Confex | 1 | Pudding Mixture | 3 | ||
| Crunchets | 1 | Salad Dressing | 3 | ||
| Custard Powder | 1 | Salts, Epsom | 1 | ||
| Brink Powder | 2 | Sausage, Beef | 3 | ||
| Fat, Cooking | 2 | Sausage, Breakfast | 1 | ||
| Flavouring | 1 | Sausage, Liver | 1 | ||
| Fish Paste | 7 | Sausage, Luncheon | 2 | ||
| Frizets | 2 | Savouries | 1 | ||
| Fruit Pectin | 1 | Sauce | 1 | ||
| Gelatine | 1 | Sponge Mixture | 1 | ||
| Gravy Browning | 1 | Spice, Pickling | 1 | ||
| Gin | 1 | 1 | Sweets, Boiled | 2 | |
| Ice Cream | 3 | Syrup of Figs | 1 | ||
| Tea | 1 | Vinegar, Malt | 2 | ||
| Tevs | 1 | 1 | Vinegar, Non-Brewed | 3 | 1 |
| Vinegarette | 1 | ||||
| 319 | 9 |