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 Beddington and Wallington]
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FOOD ANALYSES
The following table gives details of samples submitted for analysis during the year:
Totals 1956
Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
Almonds | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baking Powder | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Beer | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Brandy | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bread | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Butter | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cheese | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chocolate cakes | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
-Chocolate milk | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Chocolate spread | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Confectionery: sugar | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cream | — | 2 | 2 | |||||
Curry powder | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Drink: soft orange | 4 | — | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Flavouring essence | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Flour: self-raising | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Gin | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Honey | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ice cream | 3 | — | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ice lolly | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jelly tablets | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lemonade powder | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lung syrup | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Margarine | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
-Meat products | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
-Meat, minced | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Milk | 27 | 12 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
Mustard | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Peanut butter | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pepper | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Rice, canned | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
-Rum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Salad cream | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sauce (horseradish) | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Sausages | 4 | — | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tomatoes | - | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Treacle | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vinegar | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Wine, alcoholic | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 61 | 42 | 103 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 |