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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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Supplementary Licences: —
"Pasteurised" milk 4
"Tuberculin Tested" milk- 4
Samples taken by the Inspectors and submitted for
examination:—
Ordinary milk, bacteriological test 18
Graded milk, bacteriological test 17
Phosphatase test 1
Samples of milk taken under the Food and Drugs
Acts are included in the following tabulation:—
Food and Drugs Acts.
The number of samples taken during 1942, their description and results are shown in the following tables:—
| Formal. | Informal. | Genuine. | Adulterated or Irrregularity. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowroot | - | l | l | - |
| Aspirin | - | l | l | - |
| Barley, Pearl | - | l | l | - |
| Barlova | - | l | l | - |
| Batter Flour | - | l | — | 1 |
| Boracic Ointment | - | l | l | - |
| Chocolate Spread | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Chutney | - | l | 1 | - |
| Cochineal | - | l | 1 | - |
| Coffee | - | l | 1 | - |
| Colouring, yellow | - | l | 1 | - |
| Curry Powder | - | 5 | 5 | - |
| Custard Powder, sweetened | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Drinking Chocolate | 2 | — | 2 | - |
| Egg, Dried cooking | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Egg, Substitute powder | 1 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Flour, National Wholemeal | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Flour, Self Raising | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Forcemeat | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| French loaf | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Fruit Preserving tablets | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Ginger Essence | — | 1 | 1 | - |
| Ginger Wine Essence | — | 1 | 1 | - |