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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

Erith 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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49
E(4) Food and Drugs Act, 1955. Sections 2 and 91.

Table: The following samples of food were procured during the year and submitted to the Public Analyst for the purpose of analysis with the results as follows:—

The following samples of food were procured during the year and submitted to the Public Analyst for the purpose of analysis with the results as follows:—

ArticleAdulteratedIntermediateGenuineNo. of Samples
Milk--1919
Margarine——55
Cheese——44
Sauce——55
Sponge and cake mixtures——55
Ice-cream——56
Meat and fish pastes——33
Fruit--55
Meat--44
Fish--33
Sausage & sausage meats--33
soft drinks--44
Medicines--55
Milk puddings-123
Butter--22
Spices and herbs--55
Cooking fats--22
Peas pudding——11
Steak & kidney pudding—112
Flavouring essence--33
Colouring essence--11
Cake decorations--22
Condiments--33
Curry--22
Slimming biscuits--11
Mint jelly--11
Coffee--22
Biscuits--1j
Carawheat--1]
Cream--22
Bouillon cakes--11
Jelly--11
Marmalade--1j
Flour--11
Desiccated coconut--11
Bread-1-1
Eclair-1-1
Gelatine--33
Christmas pudding--11
Mincemeat--1I
Marzipan--11
Almonds—-22
Total—4115119

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With regard to four intermediate reports, warning
letters were sent to the retailers concerned.
The milk samples had an average fat content of 3.6%
and 8.7% solids not fat, the prescribed standard of which
is 3% and 8.5% respectively.