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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
Croydon 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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1305.
Ice Cream
Contained Boric Acid 0.11%
No action.
| 1306. | Ice Cream | Contained Boric Acid 0.08% | No action. |
| 1341. | Butter | Contained 16.1% Water (Excess 1%). | Vendor warned. |
| 1348. | Ice Cream | Contained Boric Acid 0.02% | No action. |
| 1384. | Tinned Peas | Contained Copper 0.005% | No action. Declaration on tin. |
| 1399. | Banana Cream | Contained Salicylic Acid 280 parts per million. | No action. |
| 1434. | New Milk | 3% added water | Vendor warned. Another sample taken which was genuine. |
| 1435. | New Milk | 1% added water | Vendor warned. Another sample taken which was genuine. |
| 1471. | New Milk | Slight deficiency of milk fat. | Vendor warned. |
| 1485. | Pork Sausage | Contained Boric Acid 0.06% | No action. |
| 1487. | Ice Cream | Contained 0.02% Boric Acid | No action. |
| 1515. | New Milk | Contained 11% added water. | Vendor fined £1 and costs. |
| 1537. | New Milk | Extraneous and visible dirt 1 part per 100,000 by volume. | Vendor warned. (Informal sample). |
| 1547. | New Milk | 7% deficient of milk fat | Vendor warned & explanation accepted. |
| 1556. | Tea | Metallic iron and magnetic Oxide of Iron 0.04% | Vendor warned. Further samples proved genuine. (Informal sample). |
| 1566. | Cream | Contained Boric Acid 0.1% | Vendor warned. Same hand can had been used for delivering 'Preserved' and 'Unpreserved' Cream. Another sample taken — genuine. |
| 1570. | Beef Sausage | Sulphur dioxide 1600parts per million. | No action. |
| 1578. | Tinned Peas | Contained Copper 0.006% | No action. Declaration on tin. |
| 1591. | Beef Sausage | Sulphur dioxide 500 parts per million. | No action. |
| 1596. | Lemon Squash | Sulphur dioxide 130 parts per million. | No action. |
| 1621. | Lemon Squash | Benzoic Acid 500 parts per million. | No action. |
| 1628. | Tinned Peas | Contained Copper 0.004% | No action. Explanation accepted. |
| 1651. | New Milk | 28% deficient of milk fat | Vendor fined £5 and |
| 1653. | New Milk | 27% deficient of milk fat | costs in each case. |
| 1660. | Brawn | Boric Acid 0.08% | No action. |
| 1661. | Beef Sausage | Sulphur dioxide 65 parts per million. | No action. |
| 1662. | Beef Sausage | Sulphur dioxide 450 parts per million. | No action. |