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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 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]

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Table: Food Sampling. A total of 545 samples of foods and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 539 were formal samples and 6 were informal.

Food Sampling. A total of 545 samples of foods and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 539 were formal samples and 6 were informal.

Article.Number of Samples purchased.
Bacon2
Baking Powder3
Beer, Wines and Spirits7
Bread, Biscuits and Cakes15
Butter4
Cake Mixture3
Cereals12
Cheese5
Cocoa3
Coffee9
Condiments15
Confectionery6
Cooking Fat or Lard5
Custard Powder4
Drugs and Medical Preparations18
Essences and Flavourings4
Fish, tinned, and Fish Paste12
Fruits, fresh, tinned and preserved26
Herbs and Spices10
Ice Cream32
Icing Sugar2
Jams and Preserves11
Jelly and Jelly Crystals10
Lemon Barley Crystals and Lemonade Powder3
Margarine3
Meat and Meat Preparations56
Milk179
Milk condensed,2
Peanuts and Peanut Butter2
Pickles8
Puddings and Pudding Mixtures5
Rice3
Saccharine2
Salad Dressing9
Sauces11