London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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Food Sampling A total of 491 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 415 were formal samples and 76 were informal.
| Article | Number of Samples purchased |
|---|---|
| Aspic Jelly | 1 |
| Baking Powder | 2 |
| Beer, Wines and Spirits | 6 |
| Blackcurrant Juice | 2 |
| Bread and Bread Rolls | 2 |
| Butter | 10 |
| Cake Mixture | 2 |
| Cakes | 1 |
| Cereals | 1 |
| Cheese | 8 |
| Cider, draught | 6 |
| Cocktail Cherries | 2 |
| Coffee | 7 |
| Condiments | 14 |
| Confectionery | 14 |
| Cooking Fat or Lard | 5 |
| Cornflour | 1 |
| Cream, tinned | 5 |
| Custard Powder | 1 |
| Desiccated Coconut | 1 |
| Drugs and Medical Preparations | 18 |
| Essences and Flavourings | 2 |
| Fish, tinned, and Fish Paste | 14 |
| Flour | 2 |
| Fruits, fresh, tinned and preserved | 18 |
| Fruit Pie | 2 |
| Gelatine | 1 |
| Ground Ginger | 2 |
| Honey | 3 |
| Ice Cream | 29 |