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
City of Westminster 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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FOOD SAMPLING.
During the year, the following 1,540 samples were submitted to the City Council's Public Analysts for chemical analysis. Of this number 88 were reported upon adversely, representing a percentage of 5.71:—
| Ales and stouts | 9 |
| Biscuits | 9 |
| Baby food | 16 |
| Butter and peanut butter | 19 |
| Bread | 4 |
| Buttered bread, rolls, buns | 15 |
| Cake, puddings and cake and pudding mixtures | 31 |
| Cereals | 17 |
| Cheese and cheese spreads | 13 |
| Chicken, tinned, etc. | 3 |
| Cocoa | 3 |
| Coffee and coffee preparations | 30 |
| Condiments and spices | 36 |
| Confectionery. | 76 |
| Cooking fats and oils | 23 |
| Cream | 12 |
| Custard powders and jellies | 51 |
| Drugs | 54 |
| Fish and fish products | 51 |
| Flavourings and colourings | 20 |
| Flour | 10 |
| Fruit, canned, etc. | 23 |
| Herbs ... | 7 |
| Ice cream | 79 |
| Jams, marmalades and preserves | 68 |
| Malt and chocolate drinks | 11 |
| Margarine | 16 |
| Meat and meat products | 48 |
| Milk | 401 |
| Milk, condensed and evaporated | 12 |
| Milk powder | 6 |
| Nuts—walnuts, almonds, etc. | 13 |
| Pickles and sauces | 36 |
| Pie filling, pies and pastry mix | 16 |
| Saccharin | 6 |
| Salad dressing | 14 |
| Sausages | 3 |
| Soft drinks, fruit juice, etc. | 84 |
| Soup and soup powders | 21 |
| Spreads, various | 10 |
| Spirits | 62 |
| Suet | 3 |