Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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E(4) Food and Drugs Act, 1955. Sections 2 and 91.
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:—
Article | No. of Samples | Satisfactory | Unsatis-factor |
---|---|---|---|
Milk | 11 | 11 | - |
Ice-cream | 3 | 3 | - |
Ice-cream mixes | 1 | 1 | - |
Ground almonds | 1 | 1 | - |
Almond marzipan | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Cream | 2 | 2 | — |
Mashed potato | 1 | 1 | — |
Filled bread roll | 1 | - | 1 |
Bread mixture | 1 | 1 | - |
Bread sauce | 1 | 1 | - |
Milk shakes | 2 | 2 | - |
Tinned cream soups | 2 | 2 | - |
Tinned soups | 5 | 5 | - |
Milk puddings | 6 | 6 | - |
Fish cakes | 1 | 1 | - |
Ground nutmeg | I | 1 | - |
Sauces and dressings | 10 | 10 | - |
Colourings & flavourings | 7 | 7 | - |
Corned Beef | 1 | 1 | - |
Coffee | 2 | 2 | - |
Soft drinks | 4 | 3 | 1 |
Cake, etc., mixtures | 5 | 5 | - |
Cashew kernals | 1 | 1 | - |
Ground nut oil | 1 | 1 | - |
Meat puddings, etc. | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Fats | 3 | 3 | — |
Miscellaneous meat dishes | 5 | 5 | — |
Cheese spread | 2 | 2 | — |
Sugar and glucose | 2 | 2 | — |
Dressed crab | 1 | 1 | — |
Christmas pudding | 2 | 2 | — |
Cascara tablets | 1 | 1 | — |
Tinned fruit & vegetables | 5 | 5 | — |
Condiments | 4 | 4 | — |
Mixed fruit | 1 | 1 | - |
Cut mixed peel | 1 | 1 | - |
Flour | 1 | 1 | — |
Baking powder | 1 | 1 | - |
Red currant jelly | 1 | 1 | - |
Total | 108 | 104 | 4 |
With regard to the four unsatisfactory samples, the
following action was taken:—
Almond Marzipan: No further stocks were available for
the taking of a formal sample.