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Crayford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Crayford]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955
Details of samples taken by the County Sampling Officers within the Crayford Urban District during the year ended 31st December, 1960:
| Article | No. | Article | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almond Marzipan | 1 | B/f | 46 |
| Apricot Nectar | 1 | Lard | 1 |
| Battenburg Cake | 1 | Lixen | 1 |
| Beans (tinned) | 1 | Meat Paste | 1 |
| Beef Sausages | 1 | Meat Pie | 2 |
| Blackcurrant Vitamin C Drink | 1 | Milk | 24 |
| Brandy Flavour | 1 | Milk Chocolate Eclairs | 1 |
| Bronchial Pastilles | 1 | Mistol Drops with Ephedrine | 1 |
| Bronchial Tablets | 1 | Mixed Cut Peel | 1 |
| Butter | 2 | Mixed Fruit | 1 |
| Buttered Brazils | 1 | Nite Cup | 1 |
| Buttered Kipper Fillets | 1 | 0.K. Sauce | 1 |
| Cereal Beverage | 1 | Orange | 1 |
| Cheese | 4 | Pea Soup with Bacon | 1 |
| Chocolate Caramels | 1 | Peaches | 1 |
| Chocolate Pineapple Leaves | 1 | Pork Sausages | 2 |
| Coco Pops | 1 | Potatoes | 6 |
| Cold Relief Aerosol | 1 | Prunes | 1 |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | Quinine Compound Tablets | 1 |
| Cough Syrup with Vitamin C | 1 | Quip Real Table Cream | 1 |
| Crab Spread with Butter | 1 | Rum | 2 |
| Custard Powder | 1 | Sausage Rolls | 2 |
| Cyder | 2 | Seraflo | 1 |
| Dates | 1 | Shortcake Sweetened | 1 |
| Diabetic Chocolate Drink | 1 | Single Cream | 1 |
| Double Cream | 1 | Sponge Mixture | 1 |
| Frador | 1 | Strawberry Conserve | 1 |
| Gees Linctus Pastilles | 1 | Sugar | 1 |
| Gin | 1 | Sweetened Condensed Machine Skimmed Milk | 1 |
| Glycerine Lemon and Honey | 1 | ||
| Grapefrui | 1 | Tapioca | 1 |
| Ground Almonds | 1 | Tuna Fish | 1 |
| Ground White Pepper | 1 | Tuscana Cocillana Cough Linctus | 1 |
| Horseradish | 1 | Vinegar | 1 |
| Ice Cream | 5 | Whisky | 1 |
| Jellied Eels | 1 | Zinc and Castor Oil Cream | 1 |
| Jelly blackcurrant flavour | 1 | Total | 112 |
| C/f 46 | |||
| Milks | 24 | ||
| Drugs | 12 | ||
| Spiri | 4 | ||
| Others | 72 | ||
| 112 | |||
All of the above samples were genuine.
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