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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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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 153, as follows :—
| Samples analysed. | Samples unsatisfactory. | |
|---|---|---|
| Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | 1 | - |
| Aspirin Tablets | 1 | - |
| Baking Powder | 1 | - |
| Beef and Vegetable Extract | 1 | - |
| Beer | 3 | - |
| Bisurated Magnesia | 1 | - |
| Bloater Paste | 1 | - |
| Blocd Wine Syrup | 1 | - |
| Brawn | 1 | - |
| Bread | 1 | 1 |
| Bread, brown | 1 | - |
| Butter | 5 | 1 |
| Cake | 2 | - |
| Cake Flour | 1 | - |
| Chicken and Ham Paste | 1 | - |
| Children's Tonic | 1 | - |
| Chocolate Wafers | 2 | - |
| Cocoa | 3 | - |
| Coffee | 2 | - |
| Coffee and Chicory Extract | 1 | - |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | - |
| Cornflour | 1 | - |
| Cornish Pasty | 1 | - |
| Custard Powder | 3 | - |
| Custard Pudding | 1 | - |
| Egg Powder | 2 | 1 |
| Egg Substitute | 5 | 2 |
| Faggots | 1 | - |
| Fish Roll | 1 | - |
| Fruit Laxative | 1 | - |
| Gripe Mixture | 1 | - |
| Headache Powders | 1 | - |
| Health Salts | 1 | - |
| Indigestion Tablets | 1 | - |
| Jam | 1 | - |
| Jelly | 3 | - |