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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
City of Westminster 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Chees | 21 | 6 | 15 |
| Cocoa | 3 | — | 3 |
| Coffee preparations and essences | 32 | — | 32 |
| Condiments and spices | 65 | 2 | 63 |
| Confectionery | 54 | 4 | 50 |
| Cooking fats | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Culinary flavours and colourings | 37 | — | 37 |
| Custard and blancmange powders | 54 | — | 54 |
| Dried fruit | 11 | 1 | 10 |
| Drugs | 37 | 2 | 35 |
| Fish and fish preparations | 41 | 4 | 37 |
| Flour | 16 | 1 | 15 |
| Fruit, fresh, canned and preserved | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Gelatine | 5 | — | 5 |
| Herbs | 12 | — | 12 |
| Jams, marmalades and preserves | 93 | 3 | 90 |
| Margarine | 8 | — | 8 |
| Milk | 532 | 8 | 524 |
| Milk, condensed and evaporated | 4 | — | 4 |
| Milk, beverages | 4 | — | 4 |
| Pickles and sauces | 50 | — | 50 |
| Meat and meat preparations | 50 | 14 | 36 |
| Salad oils and dressings. | 10 | — | 10 |
| Sandwich spread | 6 | — | 6 |
| Sausages | 8 | — | 8 |
| Soft drinks, beers, cordials, &c. | 71 | — | 71 |
| Synthetic cream, &c. | 3 | — | 3 |
| Soups | 43 | — | 43 |
| Spirits | 100 | 8 | 92 |
| Suet | 3 | — | 3 |
| Sugar | 8 | — | 8 |
| Tea | 14 | 1 | 13 |
| Vegetables, dried and tinned | 30 | 2 | 28 |
| Vinegar | 15 | 1 | 14 |
| Wines | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Ice cream | 65 | 1 | 64 |
| Miscellaneous | 2 | — | 2 |
| 1,670 | 76 | 1,594 |
Food and Drugs Act, 1938 (Section 14).
Registration of Premises used in Connection with the
Manufacture, Sale or Storage of Ice Cream.
On the 1st January, 1952, 188 premises were registered for the sale
and storage of ice cream. During the course of the year applications
were received in respect of 19 further premises, and these were duly