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 Crayford]
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Owing to the time limit proviso in sampling technique,
difficulty is being experienced in obtaining samples
early enough for submission to the County Analyst on
the same day.
Particulars of samples taken in the Crayford Area
during the year ended the 31st December, 1947:–
No. of
Articles Samples
Alasil Tablets 1
Aspirin 1
Baking Powder 1
Biscuits 1
Brandy Flavour Essence 1
Bread and Scone Flour 3
Bronchial Balsam 1
Castor Oil 1
Cheese 3
Cod Liver Oil 1
Coffee 1
Condensed Milk 1
Cooking Fat 3
Cough Cure 2
Custard Powder 1
Daydown Oats 1
Epsom Salts 1
Eucalyptus Oil 1
Extract 2
Fish Paste 2
Gelatine Crystals 1
Gin 1
Glycerine 1
Glycerine and Borax 1
Gravy Browning 2
Green Peas 1
No. of
Articles Samples
Ground Ginger 1
Honey 1
Ice Cream 3
Jam 2
Lemon Curd 1
Lobster Paste 1
Malt Vinegar 2
Margarine 2
Meat Pie 1
Milk 20
Milk Pudding 1
Non-brewed Vinegar 3
Port 2
Port Type Wine 1
Pudding Mixture 1
Saccharin 1
Spring Salts 1
Stewed Steak 1
Tea 1
Tincture of Iodine 2
Tincture of Quinine 1
Whisky 2
87
All samples genuine with the exception of the
following:—
Cheese. This was a sample of Processed Cheese,
the analysis of which showed that half the
fat was other than butter fat.
Gin. Contained 10.8 per cent, excess water.
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