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 Romford]
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TABLE 13
SUMMARY OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS DURING THE YEAR 1954
Article | Number examined | Result of Analysis | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Genuine | Not Genuine | |
Almond Essence | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | -__ |
Almonds (ground) | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Butter | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | — |
Buttered Confectionery | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Buttered Rolls & Bread | 7 | — | 7 | 1 | 6 |
Cake Mixtures | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Chicklettes | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Chocolate (drinking) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Christmas Pudding | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cochineal | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cocoa | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Coffee | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Coffee & Chicory Essence | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Cooking Fat | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cordials | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Corn Flour | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Currants | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Curry Powder | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Custard Powder | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Dripping (Beef) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Fat Emulsifier | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Fish Cakes | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Fruit Juice | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Fruit Pectin | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Ginger (ground) | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Horseradish Sauce | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Ice Cream | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — |
Ice Lollies | — | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
Ice Lolly Bags | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Jams | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Jellies | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Lard | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Lobster Paste | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Luncheon Meat | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Margarine | — | 7 | 7 | 7 | — |
Meat Paste | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Milk | 15 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Milk Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Mint | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Mustard | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Nutmeg (ground) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Oranges | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — |
Pepper | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — |
Pudding Mixture | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Raisins | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Rennet Essence | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Rum | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | — |
Salad Cream | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Sauces | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — |
Sausages (beef) | 7 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 2 |
Sausages (pork) | 1 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 1 |
Self Raising Flour | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Soup Powder | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Soups (prepared) | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — |
Stewed Steak | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Suet, Shredded & Flaked | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Tapioca | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Tea Cakes | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Tomato Ketchup | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Vinegar | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Whiskey | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — |
Totals | 46 | 133 | 179 | 165 | 14 |