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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
Leyton 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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30
Food and Drugs Act, 1938.
The number of samples taken for analysis under the provisions
of this Act from 1st January to the 31st December was 173, as
follows :—
Samples Samples
analysed. unsatisfactory.
Arrowroot 1 —
Ale 1
Almonds, ground 1
Beef, minced 1 —
Brisling 1 —
Butter 1
Black Pudding 1
Cornflour 1
Custard Powder 2
Cocoa 4
Coffee and Chicory Extract 2
Curry Powder 2
Castor Oil 1
Camphorated Oil 2
Cheese spread 1 —
Chocolate flake 1
Coffee 2
Coffee extract 1 —
Coffee and chicory essence 1 —
Chop sauce 1 —
Cough Syrup 1
Cheese 1 —
Cream Soda 1 —
Chocolate (tin) 1 —
Cake flour 1 —
Cake 1 —
Chocolate Mint Cream 1 —
Dripping 2 —
Epsom Salts 2 —
Egg powder 2 —
Flour, self-raising 3 —
Fruit, dried 1 —
Fish paste 1 —
Glycerine 2 —
Glauber's salts 3 —
Herrings in tomato sauce 1 —