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 | A | Jam and Preserves | 4 | ||
| Beer | 2 | Jelly | 1 | ||
| Bio-Strath | 1 | Liver Sausage | 2 | ||
| Black Pudding | 2 | Macaroni | 1 | ||
| Biscuits | 6 | Meat, canned, fresh, frozen, pasties, pies, pudding | 35 | ||
| Bread and Butter (slices | 1 | ||||
| Bread and Rolls | 8 | Meat Products and prepacked | 27 | ||
| Bread and Rolls (part baked) | 1 | ||||
| Meatless Steaks in Gravy | 1 | ||||
| Bread Crumbs | 1 | Milk, canned, fresh, dried | 8 | 18 | |
| Butter | 3 | Mousse | 2 | ||
| Butter Milk | 1 | Mustard | 1 | ||
| Cabbage | 1 | Paella, pkt. | 1 | ||
| Cakes and Pastries | 24 | Pasta | 1 | ||
| Cakes and Pudding Mix | 1 | Pastes and Pates | 4 | ||
| Cheese | 10 | Peanuts | 1 | ||
| Cheese Spread, Grated | 3 | Pickles | 1 | ||
| Chicken and Curry | 1 | Porridge, canned | 3 | ||
| Chicken, cooked and fried and barbecued | 3 | Potato, canned, crisps, instant | 8 | ||
| Chicken croquettes, pies and portions | 8 | Radishes | 1 | ||
| Raspberry Fool | 1 | ||||
| Chilli powder | 1 | Rolls, filled | 5 | ||
| Chocolate Dessert | 1 | Salad | 2 | ||
| Chocolate, Malt Drink | 2 | Salad Dressing | 1 | ||
| Christmas Pudding | 1 | Sandwiches | 8 | ||
| Coffee, instant | 2 | Sauces | 9 | ||
| Cocoa | 1 | Sausages, bottled, canned, smoked | 11 | ||
| Confectionery | 9 | ||||
| Cornish Pasties | 6 | Sausage rolls | 9 | ||
| Cream, Dairy Canned | 6 | Scotch Eggs | 11 | ||
| Curry | 1 | Soups | 2 | ||
| Custard Powder | 1 | Spices and Herbs | 3 | ||
| Danish Caviar | 1 | Sponge Pudding | 1 | ||
| Faggots | 2 | Tea | 5 | ||
| Fish, cakes, canned, shell, frozen, potted, smoked, spread, prepacked | 13 | Tomato Juice | 1 | ||
| Tomatoes, canned | 2 | ||||
| Trifle | 1 | ||||
| Vegetables, canned | 3 | ||||
| Fruit, canned, dried, drinks, fresh, fillings juices, pies | 40 | Vinegar | 1 | ||
| Wines | 7 | ||||
| Yoghurts | 8 | ||||
| Hamburgers | 1 | ||||
| Honey | 2 | TOTALS | 362 | 20 |