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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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT 1955, AND FOOD REGULATIONS
Samples Purchased and submitted for Analysis
Article | Informal | Formal | Article | Informal | Formal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bacon | 4 | Lard | 2 | ||
Biscuits | 8 | Lime Cordial & Lager | 1 | ||
Black Pudding | 2 | Margarine | 5 | ||
Bovril | 1 | Corn Oil | 1 | ||
Bread | 7 | Meat & Meat Products | 76 | ||
Butter | 4 | Milk Shake | 2 | ||
Cakes & Pastries | 32 | Milk, fresh | 3 | 36 | |
Candied Peel | 1 | Canned | 2 | ||
Canellonia | 1 | Mincemeat | 1 | ||
Cheese | 14 | Mustard | 2 | ||
Cheese Spread | 1 | Nuts | 5 | ||
Chicken Croquettes | 4 | Ovaltine | 1 | ||
Chocolate Drink | 1 | Pastes, Pates | 3 | ||
Coffee | 2 | Pickles | 3 | ||
Coffee, Instant | 2 | Pizza Napolitana | 1 | ||
Cooking Fat | 2 | Prawns | 4 | ||
Cream, Dairy | 4 | Pastry | 1 | ||
Confectionery | 14 | Potato Cakes | 2 | ||
Curry | 1 | Ravioli | 2 | ||
Drinks, Fruit | 10 | Rolls & Sandwiches | 15 | ||
Raspberry Syrup | 1 | Sauces & Spices | 4 | ||
Fruit Juice | 1 | Sausages | 18 | ||
Dripping | 1 | Sausage Meat | 1 | ||
Fish, Frozen | 2 | Sausage Rolls | 6 | ||
Canned | 2 | Scotch Eggs | 4 | ||
Cakes | 3 | Smoked Salmon | 1 | ||
Shell | 2 | Soups, Canned | 3 | ||
Fruits, Dried | 7 | Spirits | — | 11 | |
Fresh | 6 | Strained Foods | 1 | ||
Canned | 4 | Tea | .11 | ||
Pies | 5 | Turkey Croquettes | 1 | ||
Grosvenor Pie | 1 | Vegetables, Canned | 4 | ||
Jam | 4 | Juice | 1 | ||
Jelly | 3 | Dehydrated | 3 | ||
Junior Egg Custard | 1 | Salad | 1 | ||
Vinegar | 2 | ||||
Wine | 3 | ||||
Yoghurt | 3 | ||||
TOTALS | 357 | 47 |
OTHER SAMPLES SUBMITTED FOR ANALYSIS
Albumen | 6 | Onion Powder | 6 |
Almonds, Shelled | 1 | Pork Pies | 2 |
Bread | 3 | Rolls | 1 |
Cakes | 3 | Rissoles | 1 |
Chicken | 1 | Sauce | 2 |
Chocolate, Milk | 1 | Sausages | 1 |
Coffee | 1 | Shepherds Pie | 1 |
Confectionery | 4 | Soup | 1 |
Fertilisers | 2 | Tea | 1249 |
Fish, Canned | 6 | Tomatoes, Canned | 3 |
Fish, Fresh | 2 | Tomato juice | 1 |
Fruit, dried | 32 | Vegetables, Canned | 6 |
Fruit, canned | 8 | Water, well | 1 |
Fruit, juice | 2 | Water, bath | 1 |
Fruit, powder | 3 | Water, tank | 1 |
Fruit Pie | 1 | Water, drinking | 2 |
Lard | 7 | ||
Meat, fresh | 2 | ||
Meat, canned | 2 | ||
Milk, fresh | 1 | ||
Milk, canned | 1 | TOTAL | 1,368 |