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Barnet 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]

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Water Board has a content of 0.3 p.p.m., and in the case of the Lee Valley Water Company
in general the content is less than 0.2 p.p.m., but there is a small source in New Barnet
which has a natural fluoride content of 1.05 p.p.m., but this is rapidly diluted with water
from another source having a content of less than 0.2 p.p.m.
The whole district receives mains water direct and none is supplied by a permanent
standpipe.
FOOD
Five hundred and thirty-four samples of food were submitted for analysis during the
year. A table identifying the commodities and showing results is set out below. The
number of samples reported as unsatisfactory was 7.7 per cent of the total submitted.

Formal and Informal Samples

SAMPLEFORMALINFORMAL
SatisfactoryUnsatisfactorySatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
Almonds, Ground3
Angelica3
Apple Juice1
Artificial Sweeteners3
Baby Foods (Canned)9
Baby Powder1
Baked Beans7
Blackcurrant Health Drink71
Bread2
Bread, Milk1
Butter6
Butter, Ghee1
Cake Decoration (Edible)1
Cheese34
Cheese, Cream63
Cheese Preparations1
Cheese Spreads142
Chewing Gum1
Chicken Curry5
Chili Powder1
Chocolate Flavoured Drinks3
Coffee4
Cooking Fat1
Cornmea11
Cough Candy1
Cough Mixtures2
Cream9
Curry Powder3
Custard Powder2
Dental Cream1
Digestive Pills1
Dripping2