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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
Wood Green 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]
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The Chief Inspector and his two Assistants each hold the
Certificate of Meat and Food Inspection.
Sale of Foods and Drugs Act.
The Middlesex County Council being the Authority for taking samples under the above Act, Mr. R. Robinson, Chief Officer under the Food and Drugs Act, has kindly supplied the following figures:
| Article. | Taken. | Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 135 | 8 |
| Butter | 3 | — |
| Margarine | 1 | — |
| Dripping | 1 | — |
| Baking Powder | 1 | — |
| Compound Liquorice Powder | 2 | — |
| Cream of Tartar | 1 | — |
| Custard Powder | 2 | — |
| Egg Substitute Powder | 1 | — |
| Fish Paste | 2 | — |
| Flour, Self-Raising | 3 | — |
| Green Peas | 1 | — |
| Lemonade Powder | 2 | — |
| Tea | 1 | — |
| 156 | 8 |
The eight samples of milk reported against by the County
Analyst included four "informal" samples and four formal samples
in which the deficiencies, as compared with the presumptive
standards, were insufficiently serious to justify legal proceedings.