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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 1950
[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 | 128 | – |
| Beef Suet | 1 | – |
| Brandy | 1 | – |
| Cakes | 17 | – |
| Coconut Cream | 1 | – |
| Coffee & Chicory Essence | 3 | – |
| Cooked Meat | 3 | – |
| Cooked Sausage | 2 | – |
| Cream Cake | 3 | – |
| Curry Powder | 1 | – |
| Gin | 5 | – |
| Haddock (smoked) | 1 | – |
| Hake | 3 | – |
| Jelly | 2 | – |
| Jelly crystals | – | |
| Marmalade | 1 | – |
| Pepper compound | 1 | – |
| Rum | 1 | – |
| Silver cake decoration | 1 | – |
| Salad Cream | 2 | – |
| Sausages | 16 | 1 |
| Soft Oil | 4 | – |
| White Pepper | 2 | – |
| Whisky | 8 | – |
| 209 | 1 |
The informal sample of sausage contained undeclared preservative,
but a subsequent follow-up sample was genuine.