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 Chislehurst]
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During the year a total of 352 samples of food and drugs were taken.
No formal action was taken by the Council, during the year 1952. under the Byelaws adopted under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
Samples taken | Result | Remarks | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Inferior | ||
Aspirin | — | 2 | — | _ | ||
Baking powder | — | 3 | — | — | ||
Barley crystals | — | — | — | |||
Bread | — | — | — | See (a) | ||
Butter chocolate | — | — | — | |||
Butter drops | — | — | — | |||
Butter scotch | 3 | — | — | — | ||
Carnival macs | — | — | — | |||
Candied peel | — | — | — | |||
Cheese spread (processed) | 7 | — | — | 6 | See (b) | |
Chicken noodle soup | — | — | ||||
Custard P'owder | — | — | — | |||
Desiccated coconut | — | — | — | |||
Diabetic orange squash | — | — | — | |||
Dried whole egg | — | — | — | |||
Fish cakes | 2 | — | _ | _ | ||
Fish Paste | — | — | — | |||
Foam crystals | — | — | — | |||
Gelatine | — | — | — | |||
Greengages (canned) | — | — | — | See (c) | ||
Ground almonds | — | — | — | |||
Ground nutmeg | — | — | — | |||
Honey wheat crunch | — | — | — | |||
Ice cream | — | 17 | 17 | — | — | |
Ice lolly | — | — | — | See (d) | ||
Jelly crystals | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | |
Junket tablets | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | |
Lemonade powder & crystals | — | 6 | — | — | ||
Lemon squash | — | — | — | |||
Luncheon meat (canned) | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | See (e) |
Marshmallow creme | — | — | — | |||
Mutton | — | — | — | See (f) | ||
Milk | 6 | 18 | 24 | — | _ | |
Milk bottle | — | — | — | See (g) | ||
Meat paste | — | — | — | |||
Orange squash | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | |
Pastry mixture | — | 2 | — | See (h) | ||
Pineapple | — | — | — | |||
Pickled onions | — | _ | _ | |||
Pop corn | — | — | — | |||
Refreshers | — | — | — | See (i) | ||
Rock lobster (canned) | — | — | — | |||
Sausages, beef | 103 | 2 | 98 | 6 | See (j) | |
Sausagemeat, beef | 7 | — | 6 | See (k) | ||
Sausages, pork | 91 | 5 | 81 | 3 | 12 | See (I) |