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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
Penge 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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| Article | No. | Article | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| B/fwd. | 44 | ||
| Antussin | 1 | Ju-Nip | 1 |
| Apricots | 1 | Lemons | 1 |
| Aspirin Tablets | 1 | Lemon Squash | 1 |
| Beer | 4 | Lloyd's Adrenaline Cream | 1 |
| Blackcurrant Jam | 1 | Lollie with Ice-Cream Centre | 1 |
| Brandy | 1 | Malt Vinegar | 3 |
| Breakfast Vitamins | 1 | Marmalade | 1 |
| Cauchu Tea | 1 | Milk | 30 |
| Children's Cough Linctus | 1 | Mincemeat | 1 |
| Chocolate Dairy Mousse | 1 | Mixed Fruits | 1 |
| Clotted Cream | 1 | Mixed Fruit Jam | 1 |
| Coffee and Chicory | 2 | Nirolex Expectorant Mixture | 1 |
| Coffee Spread | 1 | ||
| Cough Syrup with Vitamin "C" | 1 | Non-Alcoholic Ginger | 1 |
| Non-Brewed Condiment | 2 | ||
| Creamed Horseradish | 1 | Onions | 1 |
| Crusha Milk Shake Syrup | 1 | Oranges | 3 |
| Cu-Bits Relish | 1 | Orange Flavour Jelly | 1 |
| Currants | 1 | Orange Squash | 1 |
| Custard Powder | 2 | Parish's Chemical Food | 1 |
| Dairy Strawberry and Vanilla Ice-Cream | 1 | Primes | 1 |
| Pure Corn Oil | 1 | ||
| Diltron | 1 | Raisin Flavour Beverage | 1 |
| Dinki Chop Sauce | 1 | Rum | 3 |
| Famel Syrup | 1 | Scorvite | 1 |
| Four-way Cold Tablets | 1 | Self-Raising Flour | 1 |
| Gherkins | 1 | Snap | 1 |
| Gin | 3 | Stoneless Plum Jam | 1 |
| Grapefruit | 1 | Sugar Toasted Oats | 1 |
| Groats | 1 | Sultanas | 2 |
| Gravo-thik | 1 | Syrup Minadex | 1 |
| Greengage Jam | 1 | Tancolin | 1 |
| Honeycomb Mould—Chocolate Flavour | 1 | Tea Bags | 1 |
| Trice Quick Pudding Rice | 1 | ||
| Hot Dog Relish | 1 | Vanilla Ice-Cream | 1 |
| Instant Coffee | 1 | Wheat Flakes (Starch reduced) | 1 |
| Iron Tonic Tablets | 1 | ||
| Jaffacrush Orange Drink | 1 | Whisky | 3 |
| Jardox | 1 | Whole Fruit Orange Jelly | 1 |
| Junior C-prin | 1 | ||
| C/fwd. | 44 | Total | 120 |
Summary
| Milks | 30 |
| Drugs | 18 |
| Spirits | 10 |
| Other samples | 62 |
| 120 |
All of the above samples were genuine.