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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
Holborn 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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46
Number of
Article. Samples purchased.
Macaroni 3
Margarine 4
Meat and Meat Preparations 51
Milk 217
Milk condensed, evaporated and skimmed 7
Pickles 7
Puddings and Pudding Mixtures 6
Rice 2
Saccharine 3
Salad Dressing 14
Sauces 10
Semolina 4
Soft Drinks and Cordials 13
Soups 4
Spaghetti 1
Suet 2
Tapioca 1
Tea 4
Vegetables, tinned and dried 21
Vermicelli 1
Vinegar 6
One sample of milk was found to be adulterated, containing at least 3.1% added
water. Legal proceedings were instituted and the two defendants were each fined 40/-.