Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Samples Purchased under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, Showing Results of Analysis for the Year 1951.
Articles of Food. | Number of Samples Purchased. | Adulterated. | Genuine. |
---|---|---|---|
Bread | 1 | 1 | — |
Bacon | 5 | — | 5 |
Baking powder | 9 | 2 | 7 |
Biscuits | 1 | 1 | — |
Butter | 18 | — | 18 |
Cakes, cake and pudding mixture, | |||
custard powders | 126 | 3 | 123 |
Cereals | 7 | — | 7 |
Cheese | 13 | 1 | 12 |
Cocoa | 11 | — | 11 |
Coffee preparations and essences | 37 | — | 37 |
Condiments and spices | 68 | — | 68 |
Confectionery | 60 | — | 60 |
Cooking fat | 9 | — | 9 |
Cream and synthetic cream | 5 | — | 5 |
Culinary flavours | 53 | — | 53 |
Dried fruits | 11 | 1 | 10 |
Drugs | 50 | 5 | 45 |
Fish canned and fish preparations | 46 | 3 | 43 |
Flour | 4 | — | 4 |
Flour—self.raising | 4 | — | 4 |
Fruit, canned bottled and preserved | |||
etc | 28 | 9 | 19 |
Fruit | 9 | 7 | 2 |
Gelatine | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Ice cream | 58 | — | 58 |
Jam and preserves | 71 | — | 71 |
Jelly | 43 | — | 43 |
Macaroni product | 3 | — | 3 |
Margarine | 11 | — | 11 |
Milk | 569 | 1 | 568 |
Milk condensed and evaporated | 13 | 4 | 9 |
Milk beverages | 5 | — | 5 |