Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926
This Act required sellers of certain specified fertilisers and feeding stuffs for cattle or
poultry to furnish purchasers with a statutory statement indicating the name under which the
article is sold and the amount, if any, of certain scheduled ingredients.
40 inspections were made; 1 contravention was noted.
ITINERANT FOOD VENDORS
Constant inspections of barrows and of itinerant food vendors have been maintained and no
difficulty has been experienced in connection with this class of trade.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955, AND FOOD REGULATIONS
Infoimal and Forma] Samples submitted for Analysis
Article | Informal | Formal | Article | Informal | Formal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aspirin Tablets | 3 | – | Lentils | 2 | – |
Bacon | 4 | – | Lolly Mixture | 1 | – |
Baking Powder | 2 | – | Lozenges, dedicated | 1 | – |
Barley, Pearl | 3 | – | Macaroni | 1 | – |
Beverage, Chocolate | Margarine | 8 | – | ||
Flavoured | 1 | – | Marmalade | 5 | – |
Bread Crumbs (Toasted) | 1 | – | Marzipan | 1 | – |
Butter | 9 | – | Meat, Potted | 1 | – |
Cake Mixtures | 2 | – | Meat, Products | 19 | – |
Cheese | 19 | ||||
Cheese Spread | 3 | Meat Products, Canned | 32 | – | |
Cheese Flaps, canned | 1 | – | Medicines | 4 | — |
Cocoa | 1 | – | Milk | 12 | — |
Coconut, Desiccated | 2 | – | Milk, Condensed | 8 | — |
Coffee | 3 | – | Milk, Dried | 1 | — |
Coffee Blender | 3 | – | M ilk Shake Syrup | 1 | — |
Coffee Extracts | 10 | – | Mustard, Prepared | 2 | — |
Coffee Mixture | 1 | – | Noodles | 1 | – |
Colouring Matter | 2 | – | Nuts, Mixed | 1 | – |
Confectionery, Sugar | 15 | – | Oil, Cooking | 3 | — |
Olive Oil | 2 | – | |||
Cooking Fat | 2 | – | Paraffin, Medicinal | 1 | – |
Cream | 3 | – | Pastilles (Blackcurrant) | 1 | – |
Curry Powder | 2 | – | Pastry, Uncooked | 1 | – |
Custard Powder | 1 | – | Peel, Candied | 1 | – |
Dessert Powder | 2 | – | Pepper | 1 | – |
Dextrose | 2 | — | Pickles | 2 | – |
Drink, Soft, Powder | 1 | – | Proprietary Foods | 2 | – |
Drinks, Soft | 5 | – | Proprietary Medicines | 11 | – |
Dripping | 1 | – | Pudding, Christmas | 1 | – |
Fish | 2 | – | R icff | 3 | – |
Fish, Canned | 9 | – | Saccharin, Soluble | 1 | – |
Fish, Frozen | 2 | – | Salt | 2 | – |
Fish, Paste | 1 | – | Sauce, Mint | 1 | – |
Flavouring Essence | 2 | – | Sauce Preparation | 1 | – |
Flour, Self-raising | 1 | – | Sausages | 22 | – |
Fruit | 2 | – | Semolina | 1 | – |
Fruit, Bottled | 2 | – | Soup, Canned | 1 | – |
Fruit, Canned | 2 | – | Soup Preparation | 1 | –_ |
Fruit, Dried | 19 | – | Spaghetti & Sauce | 1 | – |
Fruit, Glace | 2 | – | Stuffing Mixture | 1 | – |
Fruit, Juice | 3 | – | Suet Shredded | 1 | – |
Gelatine | 1 | — | Sugar | 5 | – |
Ginger, Ground | 1 | — | SvruD | 1 | – |
Glucose | 1 | — | Tea | 6 | – |
Gravy Preparation | 1 | – | Tea Extract | 2 | – |
Halibut Liver Oil Capsules | 1 | – | Tomatoes, Canned | 1 | – |
Honey Spread | 1 | – | Treacle | 1 | – |
Icing, Compound | 1 | – | Vegetables, Canned | 6 | _ |
Jam | 4 | – | Vegetables, Frozen | 3 | — |
Jelly, Prepared | 1 | – | Vinegar | 5 | _ |
Junket Preparation | 1 | – | |||
Lard | 5 | – | TOTAL | 362 | 0 |