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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
Shoreditch 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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53.
FOOD & DRUGS ADMINISTRATION (Contd.)
Sampling of foodstuffs for Chemical examination.
307 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst for chemical analysis during 1963. Details are as follows:-
| Almonds, ground | 1 | Lard | 21 |
| Aspirin tablets | 2 | Lemon Curd | 1 |
| Bread | 1 | Margarine | 3 |
| Breadcrumbs | 1 | Marmalade | 1 |
| Bread mixture | 1 | Marzipan | 4 |
| Bread and butter | 1 | Meat paste | 1 |
| Butter | 6 | Meat products | 3 |
| Camphorated Oil | 1 | Meat Products, canned | 10 |
| Cascara tablets | 1 | Medicines, proprietary | 8 |
| Cheese spread | 2 | Milk | 39 |
| Codeine Linctus | I | Milk, dried | 2 |
| Codeine tablets | 1 | Mincemeat | 1 |
| Coffee extract | 6 | Pastilles | 5 |
| Colouring matter | 6 | Peel, candied | 2 |
| Confectionery, sugar | 3 | Petroleum jelly | 1 |
| Cream (sterilised) | 8 | Pholcodine Linctus | 1 |
| Curry powder | 4 | Rennet, essence | 1 |
| Drinks, Soft | 14 | Rum | 1 |
| Fish paste | 7 | Saccharin tablets | 6 |
| Flavouring essence | 8 | Sauce | 1 |
| Flour | 1 | Sausages | 51 |
| Friars Balsam | 1 | Soup, canned | 2 |
| Fruit, canned | 2 | Spices | 7 |
| Fruit, dried | 8 | Suet, shredded | 1 |
| Fruit, glace | 1 | Sweetening compound | 1 |
| Fruit Concentrates | 2 | Tea | 1 |
| Gelatine | 1 | Toothache tincture | 1 |
| Gin | 3 | Vegetables, dried | 5 |
| Ginger, ground | 1 | Vinegar (malt) | 3 |
| Ice Cream | 10 | Vinegar imitation | 8 |
| Jam | 2 | Whisky | 3 |
| Jelly, tablet | 2 | Wine Alcoholic | 3 |