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Tower Hamlets 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 40
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.
During the year 1,179 samples were submitted for analysis, as follows:-
| 1 | Acetic Acid | 39 | Fish (canned and preparations) | 1 | Non-brewed condiment |
| 1 | Almonds | 1 | Fish paste | 6 | Noodles |
| 3 | Baby foods | 2 | Flavourings | 11 | Nuts |
| 15 | Beer and Cider | 27 | Flour | 3 | Oats, breakfast |
| 6 | Biscuits | 8 | Food additives | 5 | Oils (edible) |
| 1 | Blancmange powder | 1 | Lamb's liver | 1 | Oil (embrocation) |
| 3 | Brandy | 95 | Fruit (canned) | 11 | Pepper |
| 15 | Bread | 1 | Fruit (crystallised) | 21 | Pickles |
| 4 | Bread and butter | 39 | Fruit (dried) | 2 | Potatoes |
| 2 | Breakfast foods | 7 | Fruit (fresh) | 2 | Poultry (canned) |
| 18. | Butter | 12 | Fruit (puree) | 3 | Preserves |
| 4 | Cakes | 33 | Fruit juices | 3 | Puddings |
| 7 | Cake confectionery | 1 | Fruit pie filling | 2 | Rum |
| 3 | Cake decorations | 1 | Gelatine | 2 | Saccharin |
| 3 | Cake mixtures | 1 | Ginger | 4 | Salad Cream |
| 18 | Cereals | 4 | Gin | 1 | Salt |
| 16 | Cheese | 2 | Gravy | 22 | Sauces |
| 1 | Cheese spread | 12 | Herbs, dried | 27 | Sausages |
| 1 | Chewing gum | 6 | Honey | 5 | Seasonings |
| 1 | Chocolate liqueurs | 38 | Ice cream | 6 | Slimming preparations |
| 10 | Chocolate products | 1 | Ice lollies | 45 | Soft drinks |
| 14 | Coffee | 12 | Jam | 26 | Soups |
| 7 | Coffee and chicory | 10 | Jellies and jellied preserves | 1 | Sparkling wine |
| 6 | Coffee extract | 6 | Macaroni products | 28 | Spices |
| 4 | Colourings | 1 | Margarine | 5 | Sugar |
| 1 | Crab (canned) | 4 | Marmalade | 33 | Sugar confectionery |
| 7 | Cream | 5 | Meals (canned) | 4 | Suet (shredded) |
| 5 | Currv powder | 9 | Meat paste | 65 | Tea |
| 12 | Desiccated coconut | 7 | Meat | 3 | Treacle |
| 1 | Dessert wine | 19 | Meat (canned) | 17 | Vegetables (canned) |
| 1 | Dextrose | 22 | Meat preparations | 8 | Vegetables (dried) |
| 1 | Dripping | 5 | Meat pies | 1 | Vegetable juices (canned) |
| 87 | Drugs | 29 | Milk | 1 | Vinegar |
| 12 | Eggs | 10 | Milk (condensed) | 5 | Whisky |
| 6 | Fats | 5 | Mincemeat | 1 | Yeast (baking) |
| 20 | Fish | 5 | Miscellaneous samples | 1 | Yoghourt |
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