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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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A total of 492 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 339 were formal samples and 153 were informal.
| Article | Number of Samples purchased |
|---|---|
| Baking Powder | 1 |
| Beer, Wines and Spirits | 3 |
| Bourn-Vita | 1 |
| Bread | 2 |
| Butter | 2 |
| Cake Mixture | 2 |
| Cakes | 1 |
| Cheese | 2 |
| Chocolate Drink | 1 |
| Cocktail Cherries | 1 |
| Cocoa | 2 |
| Coffee | 5 |
| Condiments | 17 |
| Confectionery | 9 |
| Cooking Fat | 1 |
| Cream, tinned | 7 |
| Desiccated Coconut | 1 |
| Drugs and Medical Preparations | 10 |
| Essences and Flavourings | 2 |
| Fish, tinned, and Fish Paste | 11 |
| Flour | 2 |
| French Capers in Vinegar | 1 |
| Fruits, fresh, tinned and preserved | 11 |
| Fruit Pie | 3 |
| Gelatine | 1 |
| Ground Almonds | 3 |
| Ice Cream | 36 |
| Jams and Preserves | 3 |
| Jellies | 3 |
| Lemon Juice | 1 |
| Margarine | 4 |
| Marzipan | 2 |
| Meat and Meat Preparations | 62 |
| Milk | 197 |
| Mincemeat | 1 |