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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]
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| Sausage Rusk | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | |
| Stomach Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Sugar Substitute | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Sugar Wheat Puffies | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Sweephat | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | See (g) |
| Table Jelly Crystals | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Tartaric Acid Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Throat Lozenges | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Tincture of Iodine | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Tomato Ketchup | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Toothache Tincture | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Vanilla Essence | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Vantes Sparkling Drink | — | 1 | — | 1 | See (h) |
| Yellow Basilican Ointment | — | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Zinc Ointment | — | 2 | 2 | — | |
| Totals | 14 | 202 | 207 | 9 |
(a) Heavily infested with mites.
(b) Deficient 7.5% min. amount of fat. (4%).
(c) Sample had a " Cheesy " taste and fat was rancid.
(d) Partly sour, partly putrid, evidence of incipient purification.
(e) (i) One sample: Meat 45%, Filler 30%, Water 25%.
(ii) One sample: Meat 58%. Sulphite none.
(f) Meat 47%, Filler 22%.
(g) Excessively rancid.
(h) Sugar 0.24%, Saccharin 0.015%. Total solids 0.3%. Compared
with Standard of Soft Drinks Order, contains only 22% minimum
amount of sugar.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS MILK.
| No. of samples taken | Description | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|---|
| 136* | Designated Milk | 128 | 4 |
| 2 | Ordinary Milk | 2 | — |
| 2 | Undesignated Milk | 2 | — |
| 1 | Ungraded Milk | 1 | — |
| 141 | 133 | 4 |