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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
Orpington 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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TABLE X3 FOOD AND DRUGS SAMPLING
| Articles | Formal Samples | Informal Samples |
|---|---|---|
| Bread | - | 2 |
| Butter | 2 | |
| Butterscotch | - | 1 |
| Butterscotch Toffees | - | 3 |
| Butter Drops | - | 1 |
| Buttercrunch Confectionery | - | 1 |
| Camphorated Oil | - | 1 |
| Cheese. | - | 5 |
| Cooking pat | - | 2 |
| Coffee & Chicory Essence | - | 2 |
| Chicken, Boneless | - | 1 |
| Dressed Crab | - | 1 |
| Dressed Prawn | - | 1 |
| Flour, wholemeal | - | 1 |
| Gelatine | - | 5 |
| Margarine | - | 2 |
| Milk (New) | 47 | 48 |
| Paste„ Meat | - | 6 |
| Paste, pish | - | 6 |
| Prunes | - | 1 |
| Quinine, Tincture of | - | 1 |
| Sausages: Beef | 15 | - |
| Sausages:Pork | 17 | - |
| Sausage Meat:Beef | 6 | - |
| Sausage Meat:Pork | 1 | - |
| Vinegar, Malt | - | 1 |
| TOTAL | 86 | 94 |
SPECIAL SAMPLES OP MILK, ICE
CREAM AND WATER
Milk (Tuberculin Tested) Bacteriological Examination 2
Milk (Pasteurised) Phosphatase Test 37
Milk (Sterilised) Turbidity Test 9
Ice¬Cream-Bacteriological & Pathological Examinations
Water-Bacteriological Examination 48
Water-Chemical Examination 6
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GRAND TOTAL 323