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Tower Hamlets 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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TABLE 39
SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ANALYST'S QUARTERLY REPORTS
The following is a summary of the samples analysed and included in reports submitted each
quarter of the year by the Council's Public Analyst in compliance with Section 99 of the Food
and Drugs Act, 1955.
A copy of each quarterly report is submitted to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food in accordance with the Act.

Table: During the year, 1,018 samples were submitted for analysis, as follows:-

During the year, 1,018 samples were submitted for analysis, as follows:-

1 Acetic Acid10 Dried Vegetables5 Oils
2 Anadin Tablets12 Eggs2 Orange Juice
1 Apricot Brandy69 Fats1 Pastry
3 Aspirin2 Fish3 Phensic Tablets
2 Aspro (new)21 Fish, Canned1 Pholcodeine Tablets
1 Back and Kidney Pills11 Fish Paste48 Pickles
3 Balsam8 Fish Preparations7 Potatoes
1 Beecham's Pills5 Flavourings5 Poultry, Canned
1 Beecham's Powder1 Formula 21'11 Preserves
1 Benzol Tablets41 Fruit, Canned1 Pro-plus Tablets
6 Biscuits18 Fruit preparations5 Puddings
1 Bread1 Fynnons Salt1 Pudding, Canned
11 Bread and butter3 Gelatine2 Rennies Tablets
1 Bronchial Balsam Tablets1 Germoloid Suppository2 Rum
1 Cachous1 Glycerine and Lemon2 Saccharin
3 Cake3 Gin2 Salad Cream
7 Cake Decorations8 Gravy2 Salt
6 Cake Mixes1 Haliborange Tablets17 Sauces
25 Cereal1 Halibut Oil Capsules18 Sausages
7 Cheese7 Honey1 Senna
9 Chocolate preparations12 Ice Cream2 Settlers Tablets
1 Cochineal1 Iron Tonic Tablets7 Soft Drinks
1 Cochineal Essence1 Italian Seasoning17 Soups
1 Cocoa2 Jelly24 Soups, Canned
2 Codeine Tablets1 Lime Cordial and Lager41 Spices
1 Codeine Phosphate Pastilles1 Linctus1 Stomach Powder
14 Coffee and Chicory2 Liqueur Chocolates1 Suet
1 Coldrex27 Meals11 Sugar
1 Cola and Rum52 Meat, Canned19 Sugar Confectionery
3 Colourings8 Meat Paste8 Syrups (B.P.)
1 Concentrated Almond7 Meat Pies65 Tea
Flavouring Essence21 Meat Preparations8 Throat Pstilles
8 Condensed Milk6 Medicated Shampoos1 Tonic
1 Cornflour35 Milk7 Vegetables
1 Cough Mixture11 Milk Powder18 Vegetables
4 Cream1 Moorlands Tablets1 Vingegar
5 Custard Powder1 Nasal Spray7 Whisky
1 Disprin1 Nipits1 Yeast
54 Dried Fruit3 Non-brewed Condiment1 Yeastvite Tablets
11 Dried Herbs17 Nuts4 Yoghourt