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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Food and Drugs - Sampling
| Articles | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Baby Food | - | 3 | - | - |
| Bacon | - | 1 | - | - |
| Baking Powder | - | 1 | - | - |
| Beans in Tomato | - | 1 | - | - |
| Beer, Wines and Spirits | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| Beverages | 2 | 6 | - | - |
| Biscuits | - | 8 | - | - |
| Blackcurrane Dumpling | - | 1 | - | - |
| Bread | - | 7 | - | 5 |
| Bread and Butter | 5 | - | 1 | - |
| Cakes | - | 5 | - | 1 |
| Cereals | 3 | 12 | - | 1 |
| Cheese | - | 5 | - | - |
| Chicken Croquettes | - | 1 | - | - |
| Condiments | - | 5 | - | - |
| Cooking Oil | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Cream | - | 3 | - | - |
| Desiccated Coconut | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dried Yeast | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fats | - | 6 | - | - |
| Fish Frozen | - | 2 | - | - |
| Fish - Tinned | - | 2 | - | - |
| Flavouring | - | 2 | - | - |
| Flour | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Frankfurters | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fruit - dried | - | 6 | - | - |
| Fruit - fresh | - | 2 | - | - |
| Fruit - tinned | - | 6 | - | - |
| Fruit Drinks and Cordials etc. | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| Gravy | - | 1 | - | - |
| Haricot Beans | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Herbs | - | 3 | - | - |
| Ice cream | - | 4 | - | - |
| Ice Cream Powder | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ice Lollies | - | 1 | - | - |
| Jellied Eels | - | 1 | - | - |
| Jelly | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Meat | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Meat - Frozen | - | 3 | - | - |
| Meat Pies | - | 6 | - | 3 |
| Meat - Tinned | 1 | 11 | - | 4 |
| Medicinal Samples | 1 | 9 | - | - |
| Milk | 6 | 15 | - | 3 |
| Milk Shake | - | 1 | - | - |
| Milk - Tinned | - | 2 | - | - |
| Miracle Whip | - | 1 | - | - |
| Nuts | - | 4 | - | - |
| Pastes | - | 10 | - | - |
| Pickles | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pie Filling | - | 2 | - | - |
| Potato Sticks | - | 1 | - | - |
| Preserves | - | 6 | - | - |
| Puddings | - | 5 | - | 1 |
| Sauces | - | 4 | - | - |
| Sausages | 4 | 8 | - | 2 |