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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 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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Food and Drugs Act, 1955 - Sampling
| Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Biscuits | - | 1 | - | - |
| Bread | - | 11 | - | 9 |
| Butter | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cake Mixtures | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cakes and Pastries | - | 5 | - | 2 |
| Coconut | - | 1 | - | - |
| Colouring | - | 1 | - | - |
| Condiments | - | 6 | - | - |
| Cordials | - | 4 | - | - |
| Cream | - | 5 | - | 1 |
| Cream-Synthetic | - | 2 | - | - |
| Custard Powder | - | 2 | - | - |
| Essences | - | 2 | - | - |
| Fat | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fish- Tinned | - | 6 | - | - |
| Flavourings | - | 2 | - | - |
| Flour | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fruit - Dried | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Fruit - Juices | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fruit - Tinned | - | 6 | - | - |
| Ginger | - | 2 | - | - |
| Grill | - | 1 | - | - |
| Jelly | - | 4 | - | - |
| Meat - Minced | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meat - Pies, Pasties | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| Meat Roll - Stuffed | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meat - Tinned | - | 5 | - | 1 |
| Milk | 1 | 6 | - | 4 |
| Milk - Tinned | - | 3 | - | - |
| Mushrooms | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pastes | - | 8 | - | - |
| Peel | - | 3 | - | - |
| Pickles | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| Potato - Mashed | - | 1 | - | - |
| Preserves | - | 13 | - | - |
| Puddings | - | 2 | - | - |
| Puree | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ravioli | - | 2 | - | - |
| Rice -Creamed | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Rice - Ground | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sandwich | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sauces | - | 3 | - | - |
| Sausages | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Shandy | - | 1 | - | - |
| Soup | - | 1 | - | - |
| Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce | - | 2 | - | - |
| Spices | - | 5 | - | - |
| Suet | - | 2 | - | - |
| Sweets | - | 21 | - | - |
| Tea | - | 3 | - | - |
| Treacle | - | 1 | - | - |
| Vegetables | - | 11 | - | 1 |
| Wines and Spirits | 1 | - | - | - |