Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 231 samples taken
during the year. | Formal | Informal |
---|---|---|
Milk | 2 | 8 |
Soup, Meat Extracts | 3 | 4 |
Pastes, Potted Meat | 1 | 8 |
Pudding or Cake Mixture, Flour, etc. | 3 | 8 |
Jellies, Custard Powders, etc | 2 | 4 |
Sausages, Sausage Meat, etc | 17 | 12 |
Creamed Rice | - | 2 |
Condiments, Sauces, Pickles, Spices, etc | 2 | 34 |
Pure Coffee, Coffee Extracts, Coffee and Chicory | 2 | 1 |
Meat Pies and Puddings | 2 | 2 |
Sweets and Confectionery | 3 | 8 |
Essences | — | 2 |
Butter and Fats | 6 | 4 |
Ice Cream | 1 | — |
Minerals | 7 | 3 |
Vegetables | — | 3 |
Fruit | — | 2 |
Preserves | 1 | 6 |
Condensed Milk | — | 3 |
Ground Almonds | 2 | 1 |
Cream | 1 | 5 |
Dried Fruit | — | 9 |
Cheese Food | — | 4 |
Garden Peas | — | 1 |
Cakes | 1 | 2 |
Biscuits | — | 1 |
Hamburgers | 2 | 1 |
Tinned Meat | — | 4 |
Fish | 1 | 3 |
Almond Marzipan | 4 | — |
Tea | 1 | — |
Pea Flour | — | 1 |
Dried Yeast | 1 | - |
Lemonade powder | — | 2 |
Nut Oil | — | 1 |
Olive oil | — | 1 |
Desiccated Coconut | 1 | — |
Patent medicines | 2 | 4 |
Liquid frozen whole egg | — | 1 |
Mix-a-shake | — | 2 |
Pearl barley, ground rice, etc | 3 | — |
Peanut butter | 1 | — |
Mincemeat | 2 | 1 |
Christmas pudding | — | 1 |