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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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46
Food Sampling
A total of 474 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the
Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 328 were formal samples and
146 were informal.
Article Number of
Samples purchased
Barley Water Crystals 1
Batter Mix 1
Biscuits 1
Blancmange Powder 1
Breadcrumbs 1
Bread Rolls 1
Breadsticks 1
Butter 3
Cake Mixture 2
Cakes 3
Chocolate Drink 2
Cocoa 1
Coffee 4
Coffee and Chicory 3
Condiments 10
Confectionery 8
Cooking Fat, Dripping and Suet 10
Cornflour 1
Cream, fresh and tinned 4
Custard Powder 1
Desiccated Coconut 2
Drugs and Medical Preparations 3
Egg Custard with Rice 1
Essences and Flavourings 5
Fish, fresh, tinned and preserved 13
Fruit, dried, tinned and fresh 20
Glucose Drink 3
Ground Almonds 2
Honey 1
Ice Cream 27
Jams and Preserves 2
Jellies 6
Lemon Juice 2
Margarine 1
Meat and Meat Preparations 59
Meatendra 1