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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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List of samples procured in the Borough during the year:
| Article | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 69 | – |
| Milk, new | 210 | 30 |
| Milk, hot | 12 | 7 |
| Almonds, Ground | 1 | – |
| Baking powder | 1 | – |
| Cakes, various | 31 | – |
| Chops | 5 | – |
| Cooked meats | 4 | – |
| Cream | 17 | – |
| Crystallised Ginger | 1 | – |
| Curry Powder | 1 | – |
| Drugs | 5 | – |
| Fish, various | 9 | – |
| Fish Paste | 2 | – |
| Fish Cake | 1 | – |
| Garlic salt | 1 | – |
| Gin | 2 | – |
| Ham | 3 | – |
| Herrings in Wine Sauce | 1 | – |
| Ice Cream | 2 | – |
| Jams | 2 | – |
| Jelly | 2 | – |
| Lemon Barley | 1 | – |
| Lemon Curd | 1 | – |
| Marmalade | 1 | – |
| Marzipan | 1 | – |
| Meat Paste | 2 | – |
| Meat Pie | 1 | – |
| Non-brewed Condiment | 4 | – |
| Orange Squash | 2 | – |
| Peas, tinned | 2 | – |
| Peppermint Cordial | 1 | – |
| Carried forward | 398 | 37 |