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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
Finchley 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Food Sampling
The following table has been furnished by the Middlesex County Council Public Control Department relative to samples taken in accordance with the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938:
| Article | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk, various | 334 | 33 |
| Almonds, ground | 1 | — |
| Baking Powder | 1 | — |
| Cakes, various | 31 | — |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 1 | — |
| Curry Powder | 1 | — |
| Drugs | 3 | — |
| Fish Cake | 1 | — |
| Fish | 21 | 4 |
| Flour | 1 | — |
| Frying Oil | 1 | — |
| Herrings in Sauce | 1 | 1 |
| Ice Cream | 3 | —- |
| Jam | 3 | — |
| Jelly | 2 | — |
| Liqueur Truffles | 2 | 2 |
| Marmite | 1 | — |
| Meat Pies | 1 | — |
| Meat, Cooked | 4 | — |
| Prunes | 1 | — |
| Rice | 1 | — |
| Sausages | 24 | — |
| Soup | 2 | — |
| Suet | 1 | — |
| Tomato Ketchup | 1 | — |
| Victoria Plums | 2 | 2 |
| Vinegar | 14 | 1 |
| Whisky | 8 | — |
| High Protein Food | 1 | — |
| 468 | 43 |