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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 1954
[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 1954
| Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, &c. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Ale | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| Almonds, Ground | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Angelica | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Aspirin Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Baking Powder | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Barley, Pearl | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Beverage, Chocolate | ||||||
| Milk | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Borax & Honey | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Bread | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Butter | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Cake Decorations | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cake-Pudding | ||||||
| Mixtures | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Cascara Sagrada Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Castor Oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cheese | — | — | — | — | ||
| Cheese Spread | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Chemical Food Parish's | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ |
| Cocoa | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Coconut Shredded, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Coffee & Chicory Essence | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Confectionery, Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Confectionery, Sugar | — | 11 | 11 | — | — | — |
| Cooking Fat | — | — | — | — | ||
| Cornflour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Cream, Imitation, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream, Imitation, Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream of Tartar | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Curry Powder | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Custard Powder | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Dessert Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Drinks, Soft | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Dripping | — | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Fish, Canned (Dressed Crab 1 Sild 1 Pilchards 2) | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Fish Cakes | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Fishpaste | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Flavouring Essence | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |