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 Merton & Morden]
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Food and Drugs Act, 1938. The following table shows the number and nature of the samples submitted to the Public Analyst:—
Article. | Total Samples. | Genuine. | Not Genuine. | Prosecutions. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Anchovy- Paste | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Arrowroot | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Breakfast Sausage | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Bun Flour | 1 | 1 | Retailer prosecuted. Dismissed on warranty. | |
Brawn | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Bacon | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Baked Beans | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Beef Sausage | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Butter | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Bismuth Dyspepsia Tablets | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Beer | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Bread | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Bicarbonate of Soda | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Black Pudding | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cocoa | 1 | 1 | — | — |
California Syrup of Figs | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cooking Fat | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Creamola | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Coffee Essence (Chicory) | 1 | 1* | — | |
Castor Oil | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Condensed Skim Milk | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cod Liver Oil | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cheese | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Choc-Spread | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Custard Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cheese Cake Mixture | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cake Flour | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Dried Apple Rings | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Egg Substitute Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — |
English Pickles | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Eton Soup | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Egg Substitute | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Fish Cake Roll | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Flour | 2 | 2† | — | |
Fish Paste | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Fruit Saline | 1 | 1 | — | — |
French Mustard | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Golden Rising Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Grape Fruit Marmalade | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Gelatine | 1 | 1 | Retailer prosecuted. Dismissed. Summons served too late. | |
Grape fruit squash | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Hard boiled sweets | 1 | 1 | — | _ |
Health Salts | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Carried forward | 48 | 43 | 5 | — |