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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
Enfield 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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The following table gives details of the samples procured under the above Act in Enfield by the Food and Drugs Authority during 1953:—
| Article. | Total samples procured. | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 318 | 45 |
| Arrowroot | 2 | — |
| Baking powder | 1 | — |
| Cakes (various) | 30 | — |
| Cake mixture | 3 | — |
| Champagne perry | 1 | — |
| Chops | 18 | — |
| Coffee | 2 | — |
| Coffee and chicory essence | 1 | — |
| Cooked meat | 2 | — |
| Cream | 13 | — |
| Desiccated coconut | — | |
| Drugs (various) | 6 | — |
| Fish (various) | 11 | — |
| Fish paste | 1 | — |
| Fruit squash | 1 | — |
| Ginger wine | 1 | — |
| Ice cream | 13 | 2 |
| Cream lolly | 4 | |
| Isinglass | ||
| Jams | 3 | — |
| Lard | — | |
| Marmalade | — | |
| Meat paste | 2 | |
| Mincemeat | 2 | — |
| Pineapple | — | |
| Prawns | — | |
| Sausages and sausage meat | 25 | — |
| Soup (tinned) | — | |
| Spirits (various) | 36 | — |
| Stewed meat | 4 | — |
| Sundae sauce | — | |
| Sweets (various) | 4 | |
| Vinegar | 16 | 3 |
| White Pepper | 2 | — |
| Totals: | 530 | 54 |