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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
Chislehurst 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]
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| Chipolatas (Beef & Pork) | — | 5 | — | 2 |
| Colourings & Flavourings | — | 5 | — | — |
| Cooking Fats & Oils | — | 3 | — | — |
| Cough Linctus & Mixtures | — | 4 | — | — |
| Demerara Sugar | — | 1 | — | — |
| Desiccated Coconut | — | 2 | — | — |
| Drugs | — | 20 | — | 4 |
| Fish & Fish Products | — | 6 | — | — |
| Flour (Self Raising & Plain) | — | 5 | — | — |
| Fruit (Dried & Crystallised) | 2 | 10 | — | — |
| Fruit (Juices & Products) | 1 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Gelatine & Jellies | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Glucose | — | 1 | — | — |
| Ground Almonds | — | 2 | — | — |
| Halibut Liver Oil Capsules | — | 1 | — | — |
| Honey | — | 1 | — | — |
| Ice Cream & Lollies | — | 20 | — | — |
| Marzipan | — | 1 | — | — |
| Meat & Meat Products | 2 | 41 | I | 10 |
| Milk | 4 | 2 | — | — |
| Milk (tinned) & Milk Products | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Preserves | 4 | 20 | — | 2 |
| Pulses | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Sausages | 2 | 19 | — | 1 |
| Slimming Foods | — | 5 | — | — |
| Soft Drink | — | 1 | — | — |
| Spices | — | 1 | — | — |
| Spirits | 6 | — | — | — |
| Suet | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sweets (including Chocolate) | — | 11 | — | — |
| Vegetables (frozen & tinned) | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| Vinegar | — | 2 | - | 1 |
| 28 | 268 | 3 | 36 |
| Serial No | Article | Formal/ Informal | Nature of adulteration, etc. | Observations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.516 | Bread | Informal | Dirty dough. | Baker fined £60 wilh costs. | |
| W.508 | Cake | Informal | Alleged to have contained a maggot. | Matter investigated. No further action. | |
| W.533 | Chipolatas, Pork | Informal | Low meat content of 58%. | Manufacturers informed. Further sample purchased and found satisfactory. | |
| W.514 | Curried Chicken & Mushroom | Informal | Low meat content of 17%. | Manufacturers informed. Description on label amended. | |
| W.553 | Frozen Peas | Informal | Contained a fin or flipper of a fish. | Producer informed. | |