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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
Acton 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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The Middlesex County Council are the sampling authority in this area, and the Chief Officer of the Public Control department has supplied the figures appended below of samples taken during the year:—
| Article | Taken | Adulterated |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 12.7 | 1 |
| Coffee & Chicory Essence | 3 | - |
| Gin | 10 | - |
| Gravy Browning | 1 | - |
| Malt Vinegar | 1 | - |
| Meat, cooked | 1 | - |
| Pepper, white | 1 | - |
| Salad Cream | 1 | 1 |
| Salad Dressing | 1 | 1 |
| Sausages | 2 | - |
| Sausage, cooked | 6 | - |
| Sausage meat | 1 | - |
| Smoked haddock | 1 | - |
| Sole | 1 | - |
| Whisky | 19 | - |
| 176 | 3 |
One sample of milk was deficient in milk-fat and the
Vandors were prosecuted and fined £10, together with
5s. 0d. costs.themanufacturers of a Salad Dressing which was
Deficient in vegetable oil and devoid of dried egg yolk solids
were prosecuted under the Food Standards (Salad Cream
and Mayonnaise) Order 1945 and fined £40, together with
10s. 0d. costs.
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egg Imnporters of a Dutch Salad Cream deficient in dried
§ yolk solids were officially cautioned.