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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table 28. Analysis of Food and Drug Samples, 1965
| Article | Formal | Informal | Complaint | Total | Formal | Informal | Complaint | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baking Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Beverage, Cocoa | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| Biscuits | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Bread | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Bread Rolls and Butter | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Cakes | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cereals | 4 | 23 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cheese | 1 | 15 | 16 | |||||
| Cream Cheese | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Coffee | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Colouring | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Confectionery | 3 | 16 | 19 | |||||
| Cream | 13 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Cream of Tartar | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dessert Topping | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dietetic Food | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Butter | 5 | 26 | 31 | |||||
| Cooking Fat | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dripping | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Lard | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Margarine | 11 | 11 | ||||||
| Oil | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| Suet | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Essences and Flavours | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Fish Cakes | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Fish, canned | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Fish, dried | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fish Paste | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Candied | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cocktail cherries | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Dried | 6 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fresh | 13 | 1 | 14 | |||||
| Juice | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Glace | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Tomatoes, canned | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tomato Juice | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tomato Paste | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Gravy Mixes | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Herbs and Spices | 10 | 43 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Honey | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Ice Cream | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Infant Food | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Jams and Preserves | 14 | 13 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Jelly | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Macaroni Product | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Marzipan | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Meat | 1 | 13 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Meat, canned | 2 | 33 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Meat Paste | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Meat Pie | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Meat Pudding | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Meat Products | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||||
| Sausages | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Sausage Roll | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Carried forward | 125 | 376 | 16 | 517 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 50 |
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