Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]
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Kent County Council Sampling Officers took 118 samples of foods and drugs in the district as follows:-
Anti-Rheumatic Balm (Massage Cream) | 1 | Jardox | 1 |
Jelly | 1 | ||
Batter Mix | 1 | Junior C Prin | 1 |
Beetroot | 1 | Lambs' Livers | 1 |
Best Bitter Beer | 1 | Lemskin | 1 |
Bitter Beer | 1 | Liquafruta | 1 |
Blackcurrant Drink | 1 | Malt Vinegar | 4 |
Borax and Honey | 2 | Margarine | 1 |
Braising Steak | 1 | Milk | 30 |
Broth Mixture | 1 | Minced Beef | 2 |
Cheese Sauce | 1 | Oranges | 2 |
Cherry Jam | 1 | Orange Drink | 1 |
Chocolate Sponge Mix | 1 | Pancake Mix | 1 |
Chopped Pork | 1 | Piccalilli | 1 |
Corn Oil | 1 | Pine and Honey Syrup | 1 |
Cough Linctus | 1 | Plain Flour | 1 |
Creamed Horseradish | 1 | Radian B | 1 |
Crunchie | 1 | Red Cabbage | 1 |
Custard Powder | 2 | Rice | 1 |
Dristan | 1 | Rum | 1 |
First Step Haliborange | 1 | Scotch Cheddar | 1 |
Friars Balsam | 1 | Self Raising Flour | 2 |
Fruit Cake Mix | 1 | Semolina | 1 |
Fruit Salad in Heavy Syrup | 1 | Soft Cream Cheese | 1 |
Frying Steak | 1 | Sultanas | 1 |
Gherkins | 1 | Sunny Spread | 1 |
Gin | 6 | Sweet Pickle | 1 |
Glinteel Pastilles | 1 | Tartare Sauce | 1 |
Grapefruit | 2 | Tea | 1 |
Ground Cinnamon | 1 | Throat and Catarrh Pastilles | 1 |
Hamburger with Gravy | 1 | Tobasco Pepper Sauce | 1 |
Home Bread Mix | 1 | Tomato Ketchup | 2 |
Honey, Glycerine and Blackcurrant | 1 | Vitaminised Iron Tonic Tablets (with yeast) | 1 |
Instant Coffee | 1 | Vitorange | 1 |
Irish Stew | 1 | Whisky | 3 |
Jaffa Orange Crush | 1 | Yeast Vite | 1 |
C/fwd. | 44 | Total | 118 |
Summary
Milks | 30 |
Drugs | 18 |
Spirits | 10 |
Other samples | 60 |
118 |