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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
Bromley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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The following tabulation gives particulars of the work of the Food and Drugs Inspector (Mr. E. R. Granger) in Bromley during 1936;—
| No. of samples. | No. of samples. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Baking powder | 1 | Peas, preserved | 1 |
| Brandy | 1 | Rice | 3 |
| Butter | 6 | Sausages | 2 |
| Cinnamon, ground | 1 | Suet, shredded | 1 |
| Cocoa | 5 | Sugar | 3 |
| Coffee | 4 | Tapioca | 2 |
| Cream | 5 | Tea | 1 |
| Flour | 3 | Whisky | 2 |
| Fruit, dried | 3 | Cod liver oil | 1 |
| Gin | 1 | Ammon. Tincture Quinine | 1 |
| Ginger, ground | 1 | ||
| J am | 2 | Horseradish cream | 1 |
| Lard | 3 | Cooked meats | 1 |
| Margarine | 5 | Cream cakes | 1 |
| Milk, new | 72 | Bacon | 1 |
| Milk, condensed | 2 | Tartaric acid | 1 |
| Mustard | 1 | Tinned prawns | 1 |
| Olive oil | 1 | ||
| Pepper | 1 | ||
| Total number of samples taken during 1936 | 141 | ||
All the samples were reported to be "Genuine," with
the exception of one milk sample, which was reported to
be "inferior." Subsequent sampling from the same
source showed the necessary improvement in quality of
the milk.