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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
Hendon 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]
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| Article | Total Samples Procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk, various | 189 | 3 |
| Baking powder | 2 | - |
| Butter | 26 | - |
| Cakes | 29 | - |
| Cheese | 4 | 3 |
| Coffee | 1 | - |
| Cooked meats | 15 | - |
| Cream | 33 | 1 |
| Curry powder | 1 | - |
| Drugs | 42 | - |
| Fish | 5 | - |
| Fish cake | 4 | - |
| Fish paste | 5 | - |
| Flour | 3 | - |
| Fruit drink | 1 | 1 |
| Ice cream | 24 | - |
| Jelly | 1 | - |
| Liver | 10 | 2 |
| Margarine | 7 | 1 |
| Meat | 1 | - |
| Meat Paste | 7 | - |
| Meat Pie | 5 | - |
| Minced Meat | 42 | - |
| Mincemeat | 1 | - |
| Mustard | 1 | - |
| Non-brewed condiment | 1 | - |
| Oranges | 1 | 1 |
| Pastry | 1 | - |
| Pickles | 1 | - |
| Preserves | 4 | - |
| Sausages | 28 | 3 |
| Smatana | 2 | - |
| Soups | 4 | 1 |
| Sugar | 1 | - |
| Sweets | 9 | - |
| Tomato ketchup | 1 | - |
| Vinegar | 37 | 8 |
| Wines and spirits | 19 | - |
| 568 | 24 |
Regarding the samples noted as unsatisfactory, I add the following comments
Milk. These three unsatisfactory samples were all of hot milk, procured at
cafes, which contained added water. In two cases proceedings were instituted, the
fines and costs in one instance being £2.2.0d. and £1.15.0d. respectively, and in
the other case £2.0.0d. and £l.l.0d, In the third case the follow-up sample was
genuine and therefore no further action was taken.
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