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 Croydon]
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During 1966 samples were obtained and submitted to the public Analyst as follows:-
Total Samples | Genuine | Not Genuine | Prosecutions | Convictions | |
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Apples | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Aubergines | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Asparagus Cuts | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Ascorbic Acid Tablets | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Baby Food | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Bacon | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Baked Beans | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Baking Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Beefburgers | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Beer Bitter | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
Beer, Mild | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Biscuits | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Black Pudding | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Boracic Ointment | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Brandy | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Bread, Brown | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Bread, White | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Bread, W. Indian | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Bread Crumbs | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Bread, Milk | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
Butter, Australian | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Buttermilk | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Buttered Bread | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
Buttered Rolls | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Calamine Cream | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Cake Mix | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Cakes, Various | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — |
Cheese, Italian Delebatte | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cheese, Cottage | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Cheese, Danish Blue | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cheese Spread | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chicken Curry | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chocolate | 12 | 9 | 3 | — | — |
Chocolate Pieces | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
Christmas Pudding | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cod Liver Oil | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coconut Chips | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coconut, Creamed | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coffee (Hot) | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory Essence | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cooking Fat | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Corned Beef | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Cornish Pasty | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Cough Mixture | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Cream, Fresh | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
Crumpets | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Dates | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Drinking Chocolate | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Dripping | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Evaporated Milk | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Faggots | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Fish Cakes | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Fish (Frozen) | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Flu Cure | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Flour (incl. S.R.) | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Food Colouring | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Fruit, Dried | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Fruit Juice | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Fruit Pie | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Gees Linctus | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Gin | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Glace Cherries | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Grapefruit Juice | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Gravy Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Ground Mixed Spice | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Ground Nut Oil | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |