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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 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
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who did not reach this standard were visited and the Council's requirements were
explained. All recent samples have been satisfactory.
A local doctor reported illness in two or three families following the consumption of minced meat. It was found that a colouring agent containing nicotinic acid and ascorbic acid had been used. The practice was immediately stopped.
| Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Beetroot | - | 1 | - | - |
| Beverages | - | 2 | - | - |
| Bread | - | 4 | - | 3 |
| Cake Mixtures | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cereals | - | 2 | - | - |
| Cheese | - | 1 | - | - |
| Colouring | - | 1 | - | - |
| Confectionery | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Cordials | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Cream | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fruit | - | 1 | - | - |
| Glace Cherries | - | 2 | - | - |
| Gravy Mix | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ice Cream | - | 8 | - | 1 |
| Ice Cream Powder | - | 1 | - | - |
| Jellied Eels | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Marzipan | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meat Additive | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Meat, tinned | - | 5 | - | 1 |
| Meat, minced | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meat Pies | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Meat Sandwich | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Medicinal Samples | - | 27 | - | 1 |
| Milk | 5 | - | - | - |
| Pie Fillings | - | 2 | - | - |
| Rice Pudding | - | 2 | - | - |
| Sauces | - | 3 | - | - |
| Sausages | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| Sausage Meat | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| Soup | - | 3 | - | - |
| Spreads | - | l | - | - |
| Sweets | - | 8 | - | 1 |
| Vegetables | 1 | 5 | - | 2 |
| Vegetable Salad | - | 1 | - | - |
| Wines and Spirits | 13 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Yoghourt | - | 1 | - | 1 |