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Wembley 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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31 packets jellies Unsound
56 lbs. pears „
6 „ corned beef „
3 „ tinned chicken & ham roll „
2 — 1 lb. tins of raspberries „
1 — 1 lb. tin of peaches „
1 — 1 lb. „ „ grapefruit „
1 — 1 lb. „ „ pineapple slices ,,
1 — 1 lb. „ „ peas „
2 tins skimmed milk „
FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928.
ARTIFICIAL CREAM ACT, 1929.
PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK) REGULATIONS,
1923 and 1927.
PUBLIC HEALTH (DRIED MILK) REGULATIONS,
1923 and 1927.
PUBLIC HEALTH (PRESERVATIVES, ETC. IN FOOD)
REGULATIONS, 1925 to 1927.
The Middlesex County Council are the Authority for the
administration of the above-named Statutes, and the Acting
Chief Officer of the Public Control Department has supplied the
following particulars of sampling in Wembley during 1938 : —
Article No. taken. Adulterated.
Milk Ill ' 2
Aspirin 2 —
Camphorated Oil 3 —
Castor Oil 1 —
Cream Pastries 5 2
Gin 6 —
Hake 1 —
Lemon Sole 1 —
Meat 9 —
Minced Beef 3 —
Preserves 1 —
Sardines 2 —
Sausages 18 6
Sheep's Liver 9 1
Sugar, granulated 1 —
Whisky 4 —
177 11
CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION
OF FOOD.
Chemical and bacteriological examination of food has been
carried out by the Clinical Research Association.
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