Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
The Sanitary Inspectors are authorised sampling officers under this Act. Samples taken during 1946 and results:—
Articles | Formal Samples | Informal Sample | Articles | Formal Samples | Informal Samples |
Aspirin | — | 2 | Friquix | — | 1 |
Anti - Rheumatic Compound | — | 1 | Flour | — | 3 |
Gelatine | — | 2 | |||
Arrowroot | 1 | — | Ground ginger | — | 1 |
Beef Aspic Jelly | — | 1 | Glycerine phosphates | — | 1 |
Bisurated magnesia | — | 1 | |||
Baking powder | — | 2 | Golden raising powder | — | 1 |
Bicarbonate of Soda | — | 1 | |||
Barley, coarse cut | — | 1 | Ice cream powder | — | 10 |
Bismuth, soda and magnesia | — | 1 | Jam, blackcurrant | — | 1 |
Lemonade powder | — | 1 | |||
Black pepper (ground) | — | 2 | Lemon wine essence | — | 1 |
Blood compound (herbal) | — | 1 | Mustard | — | 3 |
Meat extract tablets | — | 1 | |||
Butter | 2 | 1 | Milk | 13 | 23 |
Beef cubes | — | 1 | Mixed spice | — | 2 |
Bread | — | 3 | Malt vinegar | — | 1 |
Camphorated Oil | — | 1 | Margarine | 2 | — |
Celery Salt | — | 1 | Orange, Phosphorous & Iron Tonic | _— | 1 |
Curry powder | — | 3 | |||
Cake, Bun & Pudding mixtures | — | 10 | Pudding mixtures | — | 2 |
Semolina | — | 2 | |||
Cocoa | — | 4 | Sponge pudding mixtures | — | 3 |
Coffee | — | 4 | |||
Chocolate spread | — | 1 | Soup, desiccated | — | 1 |
Corned Beef | 1 | — | Table dessert | — | 1 |
Dried milk powder | — | 2 | Tonic phosphate | — | 1 |
Essence of rennet | — | 1 | Wine flavouring | — | 1 |
Egg substitute powder | — | 1 | Worcester sauce | — | 1 |
Yorkshire Pudding Mixtures | — | 2 | |||
Epsom Salts | — | 1 | |||
Flavouring essences | — | 6 | Zinc ointment | — | 1 |
Fish paste | — | 1 | |||
Totals | 19 | 122 |
Five adulterated samples amongst the above list were as follows:-
Article of Food. | Informal | Nature of adulteration or irregularity | Observations |
---|---|---|---|
Milk | 1 | 30 per cent, deficient in fat | Follow-up samples were genuine. |
Bread | 2 | Contained a few small glass fragments | Follow-up samples were genuine. |
Dried milk powder | 2 | Unfit for food | Old stock from a school |