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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
Poplar 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE XV—Continued.
| Sample | Formal | Informal | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Genuine | Adult. | No. | Genuine | Adult. | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 57 | 55 | 2 | 59 | |
| Coca Cola | – | _– | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cream Soda | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Grape Fruit Squash | — | – | — | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Lemonade | — | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Lemon Squash | — | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Lime Juice | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Lucozade | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Orange Flavour | — | – | — | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Orange Squash | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | – | 6 |
| Pineapple Flavour | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Almonds, Ground | – | –_ | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Bacon | – | –_ | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Baking Powder | — | – | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Barley, Pearl | — | – | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Beans in Tomato Sauce | — | – | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Beef and Mutton, Corned | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Beetroot, canned | – | – | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Biscuits, Ships | — | – | – | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Blancmange Powder | — | – | – | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Brawn | – | – | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bread | – | –_ | – | 4 | 4 | – | 4 |
| Breakfast Spread | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Butter | 15 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 36 |
| Butter Beans, canned | – | –_ | – | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Cake, etc., Mixtures | – | –_ | – | 9 | 9 | — | 9 |
| Cakes, Pastries, etc. | – | – | – | 18 | 18 | – | 18 |
| Cereals | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | 3 |
| Cheese | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Cheese, Processed | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Chillies | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Chocolate Spread | — | – | – | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Christmas Pudding | — | – | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Cinnamon, Ground | – | –_ | — | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cochineal | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cocoa | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Coconut, Desiccated | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Coffee | – | – | – | 4 | 4 | – | 4 |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence, etc. | – | – | – | 11 | 11 | – | 11 |
| Cooking Fat | — | — | – | 19 | 19 | — | 19 |
| Confectionery | — | — | — | 23 | 23 | — | 23 |
| Cornflour | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Curry Powder | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Custard Powder | –_ | – | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 |
| Dripping | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Eels, Jellied | — | — | – | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Eggs, Dried | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Fish, Canned, Bottled, etc. | – | – | – | 16 | 16 | – | 16 |
| Fish, Smoked | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Fishpaste | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Flavourings, Essences, etc. | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | 6 |
| 21 | 16 | 5 | 264 | 255 | 9 | 285 | |
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