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 1959
Article | Number examined | Result of Analysis | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Genuine | Not Genuine | |
Apples | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Apple Pie | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Apple Turnover | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Apricot Tart | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Baked Beans with Hamburgers in sauce | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Baking Powder | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Baking Yeast | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Beef, corned | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Bisk-o-Lait | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Black Grapes | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Blackcurrant Drink | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Blackcurrant Syrup | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Bread | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Butter | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Butter Brazils | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Buttered Buns | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Cake Icing mixture | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cashew Nuts | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Catarrh and Throat Pastilles | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cheese | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cheese spread | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Cherries | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
Chicken Paste | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Chicken & Ham Paste | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Chicken Meat | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Chicken, minced | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Chocolates | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cinnamon | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Cod Roe, smoked | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Coffee & Chicory Essence | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — |
Colourings, various | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | — |
Condiment | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
Cornish Pasty | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Crab, dressed | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Crab, lobster paste | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Crab paste | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Crab spread | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
Cream | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | - |
Currant loaf, slice of | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Custard Powder | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | - |
Diabetic chocolate | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Dripping, beef | — | 7 | 7 | 7 | - |
Egg Vermicelli | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Eucalyptus Lollies | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Flavourings | — | 7 | 7 | 7 | — |
Flour | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Foam Tops | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Food Colour | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Frankfurters | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Fruits, mixed | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Fruit Sauce | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Gees Linctus | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Gelatine | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Gherkins | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Ginger | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Carried forward | — | 93 | 93 | 80 | 13 |