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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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FOOD AND DRUGS
The Middlesex County Council is 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 | 183 | 44 |
| Arrowroot | 3 | — |
| Baking Powder | 1 | — |
| Butter | 10 | 1 |
| Beans in Tomato Sauce | 1 | — |
| Blackcurrant Syrup | 1 | — |
| Cakes | 15 | — |
| Cheese | 2 | — |
| Coffee | 3 | — |
| Cooked Meats | 11 | — |
| Cream | 21 | — |
| Drugs | 20 | — |
| Fish Cake | 2 | — |
| Fish Paste | 3 | — |
| Glucose Drink | 1 | — |
| Ice Cream | 22 | — |
| Jelly | 1 | — |
| Margarine | 6 | — |
| Meat Paste | 4 | — |
| Meat Pie | 2 | — |
| Minced Meat | 19 | — |
| Preserves | 2 | — |
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 19 | 3 |
| Sweets | 3 | 1 |
| Synthetic Cream | 1 | — |
| Tea | 1 | — |
| Vinegar | 18 | — |
| White Pepper | 1 | — |
| Wines and Spirits | 11 | — |
| 387 | 49 |