London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Holborn 1957

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

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Food Sampling A total of 492 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 315 were formal samples and 177 were informal.

ArticleNumber of Samples purchased
Asparagus tips1
Bacon1
Baking powder1
Barley Water Crystals1
Beer, Wines and Spirits1
Biscuits2
Bread rolls2
Butter6
Cake Mixture1
Cakes3
Cheese5
Chicken, tinned5
Chocolate drink1
Cocktail cherries1
Cocktail gherkins1
Coffee8
Condiments18
Confectionery15
Cooking fat, dripping and suet5
Cornflour1
Cream, fresh and tinned7
Dandelion coffee1
Desiccated coconut1
Dessert powder1
Drugs and medical preparations3
Essences and flavourings5
Fish, tinned and fish paste18
Fruit pie2
Fruits, fresh, tinned and preserved12
Frying oil1
Gravy Improver1
Honey1
Ice Cream23
Ice cream powder1
Jams and preserves1
Jellies3