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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
Hammersmith 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table VI—continued.
| Article. | Identification No. given to sample in Quarterly Report. | Result of Analyses. | Legal proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act. | Course when no proceedings are taken. | Remarks. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fines. £ s. d. | Costs. £ s. d. | |||||
| Parrish's Chemical Food | 565 | Consisted entirely of compound Glycerin of Thymol | — | — | No action | Bottle wrongly labelled. Ven-dor warned |
| Tinned Cream | 575 | Contained 1% of cane | — | — | No action | — |
| Tinned "Rich Devonshire" | 582 | sugar Contained only 23% of fat | — | — | No action | — |
| Cream Ammoniated Tinc- | 609 | 16% deficient in am- | _ | -_ | Warning | _ |
| ture of Quinine Iodine Paint | 615 | monia Contained only 1% of Iodine | — | — | No action | — |
| Real Cream Doughnuts | 617 | The filling consisted of a substance resem-bling but was not, in | - | - | - | I n formal sample. See Nos. 635 & 636 |
| Chocolate Cup Cakes | 618 | fact, real cream Contained no cocoa in either the chocolate-coloured pastry | — | — | - | Informal sample See No. 634 |
| Iodine Ointment | 626 | portion or in the "chocolate" coating 100% deficient in iodine and 96% deficient in potassium iodide | - | — | Stock withdrawn from sale | — |
Chocolate Cup Cakes 634 Contained less than 4% of dry fat-free cocoa 2 2 0 2 2 0 _ -
| Fresh Cream Doughnuts | 635 | matter. Filling consisted of a substance resembling cream but having the characters of mar-garine fat. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | — |
| Butter Cream Doughnuts | 636 | Filling consisted of a substance resembling cream but having the characters of mar- | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | — |
| Chocolate Buns | 644 | garine fat. Contained no cocoa. | — | — | Letter of warning sent to all Bakers and Confectioners Letter of warning sent to all Bakers | Informal sample | ||||
| „ Shells | 647 | Contained no cocoa. | — | — | Informal sample | |||||
| Roll | 648 | Contained no cocoa. | — | — | and Confectioners Letter of warning sent to all Bakers and Confectioners Letter of warning | Informal sample | ||||
| Pork Sausages | 722 | Contained 110 parts of sulphur dioxide per | — | — | — | |||||
| Dairy Table Cream | 725 | million. Consisted not of cream, but of chocolate-flavoured blanc-mange powder. | - | - | No action | — |