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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

Dagenham 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

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Table: FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938. Analyses.

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938. Analyses.

Article.Number Examined.Number Adulterated, etc.
Formal.InformalPrivate.TotalFormal.InformalPrivate.Total
Apple Rings1--1----
Arrowroot11-2----
Baking Powder6--62--2
Bicarbonate of Soda2--2----
Bread and Butter1--1----
Cake Flour5--5----
Cake and Pudding Mixtures6--6----
Cocoa5--5----
Coffee61-7----
Cordials3--3----
Crystals, Lemon, etc.2--2----
Curry Powder22-4----
Custard Powder and Flavour1--1----
Egg Powder Substitute2--2----
Essences, Various52-7----
Flavourings, Various8--8----
Flour, Self Raising11--11----
Pea2--2----
Gelatine Powder6--6----
Ginger, Ground4--4----
Golden Raising Powder2--2----
Gravy3--3----
Jam4--4----
Meat2--2----
Medicinal Samples221-23----
Milk7i--7111--11
Mustard31-42--2
Paste, Fish1-3----
Rapper6--6----
Rennet1--1----
Saffor1--1----
Sausages and Sausage Meat21-22----
Semolina3--3----
Soups1--1----
Spices and Herbs151-16----
Spreads2--2----
Stuffing2--2----
Sugar, Icing1--1----
Table Creams71-8----
Tea1--1----
Turpentine1--1----
Vinegar171-181--1
Whisky and Gin4--4----
Total27014-28416--16