London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Coulsdon and Purley 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]
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of these goods were disposed of as animal or poultry food largely
through the Ministry of Food Salvage Organisation.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938.
SAMPLES' TAKEN DURING 1943.
| ARTICLES. | ANALYSED | ADULTERATED OR DETERIORATED. | Prosecutions . | Convictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
| Arrowroot | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Baking powder | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beer and rum | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Biscuit & cake mixtures | 4 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Brawn & breakfast sausage | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Bun powder & scone mixtures | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Bread | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butter | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | _ | - | - |
| Cake | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Castor oil | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Cocoa, coffee & Nescafe | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dried apple rings | - | l | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Egg: dried & substitute powder | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish cakes, roll and paste | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flour: self raising & soya | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Friquix savoury | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Gelatine leaf | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ginger beer extract | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gravy salt & powder | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground nutmeg | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Golden syrup | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haricot beans | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Jam and Marmalade | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lard | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lemon essence | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Lentils | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Macaroni and Semolina | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | |
| Margarine | 6 | - | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
| Meat pie | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 31 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Milk, condensed | 1 | -. | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | _ |
| Minced beef & mince & beans | 2 | - | 2 | - | _ | _ | ||
| Mustard prepared | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Oatmeal | 2 | _ | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ovaltine | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pickles and sauce | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pudding mixture | 10 | - | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Soupes & soup powder | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | |
| Sausage meat | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotts M.O.F. | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Spaghetti | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vinegar malt and spirit | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yeast spread | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| TOTALS | 144 | 2 | 146 | 13 | 1 | 14 | - | - |