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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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FOOD AND DRUGS
The Middlesex County Council are the Food and Drugs
Authority in this area, and the Chief Officer of the Public Control
Department has supplied the following figures and notes: —
| Article | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 158 | 4 |
| Almond Mixture | 1 | — |
| Blackcurrant Syrup | 1 | — |
| Cakes | 7 | — |
| Camphorated Oil | 7 | — |
| Cheese | 1 | — |
| Chops | 3 | — |
| Condensed Milk | 1 | — |
| Cooked Meat | 16 | — |
| Cream | 2 | — |
| Drugs | 4 | — |
| Fish | 10 | 1 |
| Fish Cake | 1 | — |
| Ice Cream | 6 | — |
| Icing Sugar | 1 | — |
| Jelly | 1 | — |
| Lamb | 1 | — |
| Meat Paste | 1 | — |
| Meat Pie | 4 | — |
| Minced Meat | 1 | — |
| Non-brewed Condiment | 1 | — |
| Sausages | 23 | — |
| Sausage Meat & Rolls | 8 | — |
| Self Raising Flour | 2 | — |
| Stewing Meat | 2 | — |
| Suet | 1 | — |
| Sweets | 3 | — |
| Tripe | 1 | — |
| Wines & Spirits | 19 | 5 |
| Vinegar | 20 | 6 |
| 307 | 16 |