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 1960
[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. 258 were formal samples and 234 were informal.
| Article | Number of Samples purchased |
|---|---|
| Baking Powder | 1 |
| Batter Mix | 1 |
| Butter | 5 |
| Cake Mixture | 1 |
| Cheese | 1 |
| Coffee | 7 |
| Condiments | 17 |
| Cooking Fat, Oil, Dripping and Suet | 11 |
| Cream, fresh and tinned | 8 |
| Creamed coconut | 1 |
| Curry Powder | 2 |
| Custard Powder | 2 |
| Desiccated Coconut | 2 |
| Drugs and Medical Preparations | 1 |
| Essences and Flavourings | 12 |
| Fish, fresh, tinned and preserved | 20 |
| Flour | 2 |
| Fruit, dried, tinned and fresh | 13 |
| Gelatine | 1 |
| Honey | 1 |
| Ice Cream | 8 |
| Jams and Preserves | 14 |
| Jellies | 3 |
| Lemon Juice | 4 |
| Margarine | 1 |
| Meat and Meat Preparations | 57 |
| Milk | 168 |
| Milk, Evaporated and Condensed | 6 |
| Milk Shake Ingredients | 1 |
| Noodles | 2 |
| Olive Oil | 5 |
| Pearl Barley | 1 |
| Puddings | 4 |
| Rice | 4 |
| Salad Dressings | 2 |
| Sandwich Spread | 3 |