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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
City of London 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955, AMD FOOD REGULATIONS. Informal and Formal Samples submitted for Analysis
| Article | Informal | Formal | Article | Informal | Formal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOOD | Brought forward | ||||
| Almonds (ground) | 5 | — | Pudding Mixtures | 2 | — |
| Almond Essence | 1 | — | Raisins | 1 | — |
| Aspic Jelly Powder | 1 | — | Rice (ground) | 1 | — |
| Baking Powder | 1 | — | Salad Cream | 2 | — |
| Biscuits | 1 | — | Sauces | 5 | — |
| Bread | 2 | — | Sausages | 24 | — |
| Butter | 11 | — | Sausage (breakfast) | 1 | — |
| Butter (on rolls) | 1 | 1 | Sausage Meat | 1 | — |
| Cake Decorations | 1 | — | Sausage Rolls | 9 | — |
| Cakes | 3 | — | Savoury | 1 | — |
| Caraway Seed | 1 | — | Soft Drinks | 2 | — |
| Cheese (processed) | 3 | — | Soya Flour | 1 | — |
| Christmas Pudding | 2 | — | Spices | 4 | — |
| Cinnamon (ground) | 2 | — | Spreads | 3 | — |
| Cloves | 2 | — | Stewed Steak (tinned) | 2 | — |
| Coffee | 8 | 1 | Stuffing | 2 | — |
| Coffee & Chicory Mixture | 2 | — | Suet | 4 | — |
| Coffee Essence | 4 | — | Sugar | 7 | — |
| Colouring | 2 | — | Sultanas | 1 | — |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | — | Sweets | 15 | 1 |
| Cornflour | 1 | — | Tea | 12 | — |
| Currants | 2 | — | Tomatoes (tinned) | 1 | — |
| Curry Powder | 7 | — | Tomato Chutney | 1 | — |
| Cream Powder (synthetic) | 1 | — | Tomato Juice | 1 | — |
| Custard Powder | 2 | — | Tomato Paste (conc.) | 1 | — |
| Dairy Cream | 12 | — | Turmerric | 1 | — |
| Desiccated Coconut | 5 | 2 | Vinegar | 6 | — |
| Dessert Powder | 6 | — | DRUGS | ||
| Dripping | 2 | — | |||
| Fish | 8 | — | |||
| Fish Paste | 7 | — | Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | 2 | — |
| Flavourings | 7 | — | Almond Oil | 2 | — |
| Flour | 2 | — | Arrowroot (ground) | 1 | — |
| Fruit (tinned) | 4 | — | Bronchial Syrup | 1 | — |
| Gelatin | 1 | — | Calamine Lotion | 3 | — |
| Ginger (ground) | 5 | — | Camphorated Oil | 2 | — |
| Glace Cherries | 1 | — | Castor Oil | 3 | — |
| Grape Juice | 1 | — | Cascara Sagrada | 1 | — |
| Gravy Browning | 1 | — | Cod Liver Oil Capsules | 1 | — |
| Herbs (mixed) | 1 | — | Cough Linctus | 4 | — |
| Honey | 1 | — | Embrocation | 1 | — |
| Ice Cream | 6 | — | Eucalyptus Oil | 3 | — |
| Ice Cream Powder | 2 | — | Friars Balsam | 1 | — |
| Iced Lolly | 1 | — | Glaubers Salts | 1 | — |
| Icing | 1 | — | Glycerin of Thymol | 1 | — |
| Jellies | 2 | — | Lanolin | 1 | — |
| Lard | 3 | — | Liniment | 1 | — |
| Lemon Curd | 1 | — | Liniment of Turpentine | 1 | — |
| Lemon Juice | 1 | — | Liquid Paraffin | 2 | — |
| Lemonade Powder | 4 | — | Liquorice Powder | 1 | — |
| Marzipan | 2 | — | Lung Tonic | 1 | — |
| Margarine | 9 | — | Medicated Tablets | 2 | — |
| Mayonnaise | 1 | — | Olive Oil | 1 | — |
| Milk | — | 19 | Oil of Juniper | 1 | — |
| Milk (condensed) | 4 | — | Ointments | 4 | — |
| Mincemeat | 2 | — | Quinine, Belladonna & Camphor Compound | 1 | — |
| Mint (dried) | 4 | — | |||
| Mustard | 2 | — | Rose Hip Syrup | 1 | — |
| Nutmeg | 2 | — | Tincture of Arnica | 1 | — |
| Pastry Mix | 2 | — | Tincture of Myrrh | 1 | — |
| Peel (cut mixed) | 1 | — | Tincture of Myrrh with Borax | 1 | — |
| Pepper | 5 | — | Witch Hazel | 3 | — |
| Pepper Compound | 1 | — | |||
| Pies | 8 | — | |||
| Carried forward | 195 | 23 | TOTALS | 356 | 24 |
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