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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
Fulham 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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The Ministry issued a Circular which stated that cream soups should contain either not less than 2½ per cent. of butter fat, or not less than 1½ per cent of butter fat and not less than 3 per cent of total edible fat, or mot less than 3½ per cent of edible fat.
| Article. | No. of Samples Examined. | No.of Samples Adulterated, etc. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Private | Total | Formal | Informal | Private | Total | |
| Ale. | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Almonds,Ground. | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Barley,pearl. | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Batter Flour. | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Biscuit. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Breadcrumbs. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Butter. | 43 | 43 | ||||||
| Cake Mixture. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cheese. | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Cider. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 5 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Confectionery. | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Cooking Fat. | 15 | 15 | ||||||
| Cooking Fat, Kosher. | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Curd, Lemon. | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Curd, Orange. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Custard Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dripping. | 20 | 20 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Fat. | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Fish, canned. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Flavour Orange. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Flour. | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Flour S.R. | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Flour, Soya. | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Fruit, canned. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Fruit, dried. | 36 | 36 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Fruit, Glace. | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Carried Foward | 209 | 2 | 2 | 213 | 12 | 12 | ||