London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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| Article | Informal | Formal | Article | Informal | Formal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirin Tablets | 3 | - | 164 | 6 | |
| Barley | 1 | - | Linctus . . . . | 1 | - |
| Biscuits | 1 | - | Liver Tonic | 1 | - |
| Brandy | 2 | 1 | Magnesia, Milk of | 2 | - |
| Bread | 1 | - | Malt, Extract of | 1 | - |
| Butter | 16 | - | Margarine | 15 | - |
| Cake | 1 | - | Marmalade | 1 | - |
| Cake Decorations | 1 | - | Meat and Meat Products | 23 | - |
| Cake Mixture | 1 | - | Milk | 8 | 53 |
| Cascara Tablets | 1 | - | Milk, Dried | 2 | - |
| Castor Oil | 1 | - | Milk, Tinned | 6 | - |
| Cheese | 9 | - | Mincemeat | 1 | - |
| Cheese Products | 1 | - | Olive Oil | 2 | - |
| Chicken, Tinned | 3 | - | Peanut Butter | 2 | - |
| Chocolates | 1 | - | Peel, Candied | 1 | - |
| Cocoa | 3 | - | Pepper | 3 | - |
| Coffee | 7 | - | Pickles and Sauces | 12 | - |
| Colouring, Food | 1 | - | Pies, Meat | 11 | - |
| Confectionery | 3 | - | Pudding Mixture | 1 | - |
| Cooking Fat | 3 | - | Rice | 2 | - |
| Cream, Bottled | 1 | Rice, Tinned | 2 | - | |
| Cream, Tinned | 3 | - | Rum | 1 | 1 |
| Curry Powder | 2 | - | Sago | 1 | - |
| Fish, Tinned | 12 | - | Salad Oil | 1 | - |
| Fish Paste | 2 | - | Sandwiches | 1 | - |
| Fruit, Bottled | 2 | - | Sausages | 40 | - |
| Fruit, Dried | 21 | - | Sausages, Tinned | 1 | - |
| Fruit, Glace | 2 | - | Sauternes | 3 | - |
| Fruit, Tinned | 3 | - | Sherry | 1 | - |
| Fruit Drinks | 18 | - | Soup, Dehydrated | 2 | - |
| Fruit Juice, Tinned | 1 | - | Soup, Tinned | 1 | - |
| Frying Oil | 1 | - | Soya Flour | 1 | - |
| Gin | 1 | 5 | Spaghetti Bolognese, Tinned | 1 | - |
| Ginger Cordial | 1 | - | Suet | 1 | - |
| Ginger | 1 | - | Sugar | 4 | - |
| Ham, Tinned | 1 | - | Tea | 4 | - |
| Honey | 4 | - | Treacle | 1 | - |
| Jam | 13 | - | Vegetables, Tinned | 5 | - |
| Jelly | 1 | - | Vinegar | 7 | - |
| Juniper, Oil of | 1 | - | Whisky | - | 7 |
| Lanoline | 1 | - | Wine | 1 | - |
| Lard | 11 | - | Y oughourt | 1 | - |
| Lemon Curd | 1 | - | Zinc and Castor Oil Cream | 1 | - |
| 164 | 6 | TOTALS | 340 | 67 |
| Article | Informal or Formal Sample | Nature of adulteration or irregularity | A ction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Millk | Formal | Contained Fat, 2.83% Solids-not-fat, 8.54% corresponding to a deficiency of 5% of the milk-fat. | Matter investigated and facts reported to Port & City of London Health Committee. Warning letter sent from City Solicitor. |
| Hot Milk | Formal | Contained Fat, 2.72% Solids-not-fat, 7.04% corresponding to the presence of 17% of added water. | do. |
| Hot Milk | F ormal | Contained Fat, 2.94% Solids-not-fat, 7.51% corresponding to the presence of 11% of added water. | Steam used for the heating of milk. This method now discontinued. |
| Hot Milk | Formal | Contained Fat, 2.17% Solids-not-fat, 5.59% corresponding to the presence of 34% of added water. | Reported to Port & City of London Health Committee. Warning letter sent from City Solicitor. |
| Hot Milk | Formal | Contained Fat, 2.66% Solids-not-fat, 8.51% corresponding to the abstraction of 11% of the milk-fat. | do. |