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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Enfield]
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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 1956 :—
| Article. | Total samples procured. | Unsatisfactory. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 78 | 1 |
| Milk (new) | 207 | 55 |
| Biscuits | 2 | _ |
| Bread | 2 | 1 |
| Butter | 5 | 1 |
| Cakes, etc. | 67 | 3 |
| Cheese | 1 | _ |
| Coffee | 2 | _ |
| Cooked meat and Meat Products (other than sausages) | 47 | - |
| Cream | 3 | - |
| Egg Pie | 1 | - |
| Drugs | 8 | - |
| Fish and Fish Products | 4 | - |
| Flour, S.R. | 1 | - |
| Fruit, dried | 1 | - |
| Fruit, canned | 1 | 1 |
| Ground Almonds | 2 | - |
| Ice cream | 7 | - |
| Jelly | 3 | - |
| Margarine | 8 | - |
| Meat | 16 | - |
| Non-brewed Condiment | 3 | - |
| Orange drink | - | |
| Preserves | 4 | - |
| Salad Cream | - | |
| Sausages and Sausage Meats | 28 | - |
| Sauces | 2 | - |
| Soups | 2 | - |
| Suet | - | |
| Sweets | 2 | |
| Tomato Juice | - | |
| Vinegar | 3 | - |
| Wines and Spirits | 29 | - |
| Totals: | 543 | 63 |