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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
Stoke Newington 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT SAMPLES 1954
| Articles | Formal | Informal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | No. | No. | |
| Taken | Adulterated | Taken | Adulterated | |
| Food | ||||
| Bread | — | — | 5 | — |
| Butter | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cheese | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Confectionery | — | — | 6 | — |
| Cream | — | — | 1 | — |
| Flour, Self-raising | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Lard | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Margarine | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| Milk | 89 | — | 68 | — |
| Mustard | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sugar | — | — | 2 | — |
| Tea | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Vinegar | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Total | 104 | — | 92 | — |
| Drugs | ||||
| Aspirins | — | — | 1 | — |
| Magnesium Sulphate | — | — | 1 | — |
| Oil, Cod Liver | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ointment, Sulphur | — | — | 1 | — |
| Paraffin, Liquid | — | — | 1 | — |
| Vitamin Tablets | — | — | 1 | — |
| Total | — | — | 6 | — |
| Other Articles | ||||
| Dripping | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fruit Squash | 2 | — | 5 | — |
| Cornflour | — | — | 1 | — |
| Paste, Fish | 2 | — | — | — |
| Paste, Meat | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Ice Cream | — | — | 45 | — |
| Pie, Meat | 1 | — | — | — |
| Powder, Blancmange | — | — | 1 | — |
| " Custard | 2 | — | — | — |
| Preserved Vegetables | — | — | 4 | — |
| Soup | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Suet | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sausages, Beef | 2 | — | — | — |
| " Pork | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cake | — | — | 1 | — |
| Coffee Essence | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fruit, Citrus | — | — | 3 | — |
| Carried Forward | 19 | — | 62 | — |