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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
Barnet 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet]
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The amount of naturally occurring fluoride varies:that
supplied by the Colne Valley Water Company has a content of less than 0.1 p.p.m.,
that supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board has a content of 0.2 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.
The whole district receives mains water direct and none is supplied by a
permanent standpipe.
FOOD
Formal and Informal Samples
Five hundred and eighty samples of food were submitted to the Public Analyst
during the year. A table identifying the commodities and showing the results is set
out below. The number of samples reported as unsatisfactory was 7.2. per cent of the
total submitted, a slight decrease on the figure for 1969.
In addition twenty samples of foodstuffs and drugs, the subjects of complaint were also examined by the Public Analyst.
| SAMPLE | FORMAL | INFORMAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | |
| Alcoholic Beverages, Beers | 2 | |||
| Alcoholic Beverages, Cream Snowball | 1 | |||
| Alcoholic Beverages, Advocaat Punch Drink | 1 | |||
| Alcoholic Beverages, Whisky | 2 | |||
| Almond Orgeat | 1 | |||
| Beans, Baked | 1 | |||
| Beans in Tomato Sauce | 1 | |||
| Beef Stew | 1 | |||
| Biscuits | 2 | |||
| Blackcurrant Health Drink | 3 | |||
| Bread | 1 | |||
| Breakfast Cereal | 1 | |||
| Butter | 3 | |||
| Cake | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Cake and Pastry Mixes | 2 | |||
| Cheese | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Cheese Spread | 7 | |||