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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938
The following table gives details of the samples of foods and drugs procured under the above Act in Enfield by the Food and Drugs Authority during 1955 :—
| Article. | Total samples procured. | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 317 | 61 |
| Angelica | 1 | — |
| Blancmange Powder | 2 | — |
| Bread | 1 | 1 |
| Butter | 7 | — |
| Cakes | 41 | 1 |
| Cake Mix | 1 | — |
| Cheese | 2 | — |
| Chops | 2 | — |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 3 | — |
| Cooked meat | 13 | — |
| Cream | 11 | — |
| Drugs | 13 | — |
| Fish | 21 | — |
| Fish Cake | 2 | — |
| Fruit drinks | 4 | 1 |
| Fruit Salad | 1 | — |
| Gelatine | 1 | — |
| Honey | 1 | — |
| Ice cream and lollies | 30 | 5 |
| Jams | 2 | — |
| Jelly | 1 | — |
| Lard | 2 | — |
| Liver | 6 | 1 |
| Margarine | 3 | — |
| Marzipan | 1 | — |
| Meat paste | 1 | — |
| Meat Pies | 2 | — |
| Minced Meat | 8 | — |
| Non-brewed Condiment | 1 | — |
| Oranges | 3 | — |
| Pears | 4 | 1 |
| Prawns | 2 | — |
| Salad Cream | 1 | — |
| Sausages | 30 | 2 |
| Self-raising Flour | 1 | — |
| Carried forward | 542 | 73 |