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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
Barking 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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THE HEALTH OF BARKING
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938—SAMPLES SUBMITTED FOR EXAMINATION—1947.
| Baking Powder | 3 |
| Beer | 2 |
| Beverages (Cocoa, etc.) | 9 |
| Bread and Flour | 14 |
| Butter | 17 |
| Cooking Fat | 11 |
| Custard Powder | 3 |
| Edible Oil | 2 |
| Fish Paste | 9 |
| Ice Cream | 54 |
| Lard | 4 |
| Margarine | 16 |
| Medicinal Products | 21 |
| Milk | 11 |
| Milk Powder | 2 |
| Mineral Waters and Cordials | 6 |
| Other Provisions | 41 |
| Pickles | 7 |
| Preserves | 25 |
| Pressed Meat | 7 |
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 8 |
| Spirits | 7 |
| Spices | 8 |
| Sweets | 8 |
| Vinegar | 13 |
| Total | 308 |
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