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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
Hornsey 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]
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FOOD SAMPLING
I am indebted to Mr. J. A. O'Keefe, Chief Officer of Public Control
of the Middlesex County Council for the following information
Food and Drugs Act, 1938-1950
List of Samples Procured in the Borough of Hornsey during the year 1954.
| Articles | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk, various | 70 | . |
| Butter | 13 | . |
| Cakes | 32 | . |
| Cheese | 4 | . |
| Cooked Meats | 19 | . |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | . |
| Coffee | 2 | . |
| Cream | 17 | 1 |
| Drugs, various | 7 | . |
| Fish | 18 | . |
| Fish Paste, and cakes | 3 | . |
| Fruit Drink | 2 | . |
| Fruit Syrup | 1 | . |
| Herrings in Wine Sauce | 2 | |
| Ice Cream | 7 | . |
| Iced Lolly | 5 | . |
| Jam | 1 | . |
| Meat | 6 | . |
| Meat Pie | 7 | . |
| Minced Meat | 2 | . |
| Mincemeat | 1 | . |
| Non-brewed condiment | 1 | . |
| Oranges | 7 | . |
| Sausages and Sausage meat | 28 | . |
| Soups | 8 | 3 |
| Sweets | 3 | 1 |
| Tinned fruit | 1 | . |
| Vinegar | 26 | 9 |
| Wines and spirits | 15 | . |
| Totals | 309 | 16 |