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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Article of Food. | Weight. | |
| Meat | (See Table D above) | |
| Poultry | 181 lbs. | |
| Fish | 59 „ | |
| Vegetables | 80 „ | |
| Tinned Goods. | Quantity. | |
| Vegetables | 64 tins | approx. 480 lbs. |
| Fruit | 356 „ | |
| Fish | 27 „ | |
| Milk, Cream | 65 „ | |
| Meat | 37 ,, | |
| Miscellaneous | 7 „ | |
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
The Food and Drugs Inspector (Mr. E. II.- Granger)
lias kindly furnished me with the following details of liis
work in Bromley during 1937:—
RETURN OF SAMPLES TAKEN IN THE BOROUGH OF BROMLEY.
Year ended 31st December, 1937.
| Arrowroot | 1 | Rice | 1 |
| Brandy | 1 | Sausages | 2 |
| Butter | 4 | Suet | 1 |
| Cinnamon, Ground | 1 | Sugar | |
| Cocoa | 2 | Tapioca | 1 |
| Coffee | 3 | Whisky | 1 |
| Cornflour | 1 | Camphorated Oil | 1 |
| Cream | 2 | Iodine, Tine, of | 1 |
| Flour | 2 | Linseed, crushed | 1 |
| Fruit, Dried | 2 | Quinine, Amm. Tinc. | 1 |
| Gin | 1 | Cream of Tartar | 1 |
| Ginger, Ground | 1 | Cooked meats | 1 |
| Jam | 1 | Lobster Fish Paste | 1 |
| Lard | 4 | Mixed spice | 1 |
| Margarine | 4 | Aspirin tablets | 3 |
| Milk | 61 | Mincemeat | 1 |
| Oatmeal | 1 | Total | 115 |
| Olive Oil | 1 | ||
| Pepper | 1 |
All samples were reported to be "genuine."