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Stoke Newington 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT SAMPLES 1955
| Articles | Formal | Informal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. Taken | No. Adulterated | No. Taken | No. Adulterated | |
| Food | ||||
| Bread | - | - | 1 | - |
| Butter | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cheese | - | - | 1 | - |
| Confectionery | - | - | 3 | - |
| Coffee | 2 | - | - | - |
| Cream | - | - | 1 | - |
| Flour, Self Raising | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Lard | - | - | 1 | - |
| Margarine | - | - | 2 | - |
| Milk | 66 | - | 32 | - |
| Mustard | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jam | - | - | 1 | - |
| Spirits | 8 | - | - | - |
| Sugar | - | - | 3 | - |
| Tea | 3 | - | - | - |
| Vinegar | - | - | 2 | - |
| Total | 81 | - | 50 | - |
| Drugs | ||||
| Cough Mixture | - | - | 2 | - |
| Lozenges & Tablets aspirin | ||||
| Chlorophyl | - | - | 1 | - |
| Magnesium Sulphate | - | - | 1 | - |
| Oil, Castor | - | - | 1 | |
| Ointment, Boric | - | - | 1 | - |
| Sulphur | - | - | 1 | - |
| Zinc | - | - | 1 | - |
| Total | - | - | 8 | - |
| Other Articles | ||||
| Coffee Essence | 1 | - | - | - |
| Fruit, canned | - | - | 2 | - |
| " Dried | - | - | 5 | - |
| Ice Cream | - | - | 18 | - |
| Ice Lollie | - | - | 1 | - |
| Jelly | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Meat | 1 | - | - | - |
| Meat, Canned | - | - | 1 | - |
| Mincemeat | - | - | 1 | |
| Mayonnaise | - | - | 1 | - |
| Oil, Groundnut | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pepper | - | - | 2 | - |
| paste, Fish | - | - | 1 | - |
| Carried forward | 3 | - | 35 | - |