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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
Greenwich 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938 Number and Description of Samples Submitted for Analysis under the above Act during the year 1953
| Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, &c. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Ale | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Almonds, Ground | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Aspirin Tablets | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Baking Powder | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Barley, Pearl | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Beetroot, Pickled | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Beverages (Chocolate 2 : Milk Compound 1.) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Biscuits | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Borax | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Boric Acid | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Butter | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Cake | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cake Decorations | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cake-Pudding Mixtures | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Calamine Lotion | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Camphorated Oil | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Castor Oil | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cheese | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cheese Spread | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Chlorodyne | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Chocolate Spread, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cod-Liver Oil | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Coffee | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Coffee Extracts (Dry 4 ; Liquid 5) | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Confectionery, Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Confectionery, Sugar | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cooking Fat | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cornflour | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cough Mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream | — | 16 | 16 | — | — | — |
| Cream Powder, Imitation | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Curry Powder | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Dessert Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Drinks, Soft | — | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Dripping | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Epsom Salts | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Eucalyptus, Oil of | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fish, Bottled (Cockles 1 ; Mussels 2) | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Fish Canned (Sardines, Sild, Pilchards, etc.) | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |