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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
Stepney 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ANALYST'S QUARTERLY REPORTS
for the year 1958
During the year 481 samples were submitted for analysis, 139 of which
were purchased or taken formally and 342 informally.
The samples are classified as follows:-
| 18 | Alcoholic Spirits | 1 | Guava Cheese | 1 | Almond Oil |
| 2 | Ale (canned) | 1 | Herbs (mixed) | 1 | Antacid Tablets |
| 1 | Almonds (ground) | 1 | Honey- | 1 | Anti-Rheumatic Cubes |
| 2 | Bread and Rolls | 8 | Ice Cream | 2 | Boracic Acid |
| 8 | Butter | 1 | Jelly (table) | 1 | Boracic Ointment |
| 3 | Buttered Rolls | 1 | Kidneys (braised) | 1 | Bronchial Linctus |
| 2 | Cake Mixtures | 1 | Lemon Barley | 1 | Calamine Lotion |
| 3 | Cheese | 2. | Lemonade | 1 | Cod Liver Oil |
| 1 | Cheese Rarebit | 1 | Liver Sausage | 1 | Cold Cream |
| 1 | Chocolate Spread | 1 | Locust Honey | 2 | Compound Liquorice Powder |
| 1 | Cherries | 1 | Macaroni | ||
| 4 | Chillies & Chilli Powder | 10 | Margarine | 3 | Cough Mixture |
| 2 | Meat | 1 | Epsom Salts | ||
| 2 | Cocoa & Cocoa Beans | 10 | „ (minced) | 1 | Female Pills |
| 9 | Coffee & Coffee Beans | 1 | Meat Paste | 1 | Glauber Salts |
| 1 | Coffee & Chicory Essence | 98 | Milk | 2 | Saccharin Tablets |
| 1 | Mint Sauce | 1 | Stomach Medicine | ||
| 4 | Condensed Milk | 2 | Non-brewed Condiment | 1 | Sulphur Ointment |
| 2 | Cornflour | 2 | Oil (cooking) | 1 | Sulphur Tablets |
| 11 | Cream | 7 | „(olive) | 1 | Throat Lozenges |
| 4 | Cro-m P-stries | 1 | Paprika | 1 | Tonic Tablets |
| 5 | Curry Powder | 4 | Pepper | 1 | Zinc and Castor Oil |
| 2 | Custard and Blancmange 1 Powder 2 | Pickled Herring | Cream. | ||
| Picklos | |||||
| 2 | Desiccated Coconut | 12 | Potatoes | ||
| 11 | Fish (canned and bottled) | 1 | Pudding Mixture | ||
| 38 | Sausages | ||||
| 2 | Fish Cakes | 3 | Soups | ||
| 4 | Fish Paste | 8 | 11 (bottled and canned) | ||
| 4 | Flour | ||||
| 31 | Fruit | 4 | Soup Powders | ||
| 3 | Fruit (canned) | 1 | Soya Sauce | ||
| 34 | „ (dried) | 1 | Spice (mixed) | ||
| 20 | Fruit Cordials, Squashes | 1 | Stuffing | ||
| 3 | Suet | ||||
| 3 | Fruit Juice | 13 | Sugar Confectionery | ||
| 1 | Gelatine | 1 | Toffee Apple | ||
| 1 | Golden Raising Powder | 2 | Tomato Paste | ||
| 1 | Tomato Puree | ||||
| 1 | Gravy Powder | 4 | Vegetables (canned) | ||
| 2 | Ground Ginger | 1 | Vinegar | ||