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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
Bexley 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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(c) Adulteration of Food. Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
The following table summarises the 211 samples taken during the year.
| Formal | Informal | |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 6 | — |
| Soup, Meat Extracts | 2 | 5 |
| Pastes, Potted Meat | 2 | 7 |
| Pudding or Cake Mixture, Flour, etc. | 2 | 3 |
| Jellies, Custard Powders, etc. | 5 | 5 |
| Patent Medicines | 1 | 3 |
| Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc. | 6 | 3 |
| Tea | 2 | 1 |
| Condiments, Sauces, Pickles, Spices, etc. | 5 | 11 |
| Pure Coffee, Coffee Extracts, Coffee and Chicory | 3 | — |
| Meat Pies and Puddings | 1 | 4 |
| Cereals | 1 | 3 |
| Sweets and Confectionery | 19 | 24 |
| Essences | — | 2 |
| Butter and Fats | 13 | 3 |
| Ice Cream | 3 | — |
| Minerals | 2 | 4 |
| Beverages | 2 | 1 |
| Wines and Spirits | 3 | 2 |
| Fruit and Fruit Juices | 4 | 5 |
| Fruit Pies and Puddings | 2 | 2 |
| Preserves | 4 | 3 |
| Condensed Milk | — | 2 |
| Ground Almonds | 3 | — |
| Cream | 2 | 4 |
| Dried Fruit | 2 | — |
| Cakes | 2 | 1 |
| Fish | 2 | 6 |
| Tinned Meat | 1 | 6 |
| Coconut | 1 | — |
| Beans in Tomato Sauce | — | 2 |
| Biscuits | — | 1 |
| 94 | 106 |
In addition to the above, 46 samples of foodstuffs,
including Chinese egg, egg albumen, and cakes containing
synthetic cream were taken for pathological examination
in connection with the paratyphoid outbreak mentioned
elsewhere in the Report.
Legal Proceedings.
Legal proceedings were instituted during the year in
respect of Bread containing foreign matter and the vendors
were fined £5 plus £3 3s. Od.
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