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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
Woolwich 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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| Sample | Article | Formal or Informal (F or I) | Adulteration or Irregularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Condensed Pull Cream Milk, Unsweetened | I | Abnormally thick, curdy and unsuitable for ordinary use, apparently caused by high acidity. |
| 158 | Cake Flour | I | Deteriorated. The flour was caked, apparently through exposure to damp, and contaminated by a spider beetle. |
| 20 | Coffee Extract | I | Incorrectly labelled. |
| 54 | Ham and Egg Veal | I | Contained starchy filler, the presence of which was not mentioned on the label. |
| 91 | Ham and Tongue | I | Contained excessive sodium nitrite. |
| 121 | Canned Pork Luncheon Meat | I | Contained insufficient meat. |
| 140 | Digestive Tablets | I | Incorrectly labelled. |
| 201 | Digestive Tablets | F | -"- |
| 54 | Milk | F | Ingredients corresponded to a deficiency of one per cent. of the solids-not-fat. |
| 56 | Milk | F | Ingredients corresponded to a deficiency of two per cent. of the milk fat. |
| 85 | Sterilised Milk | F | Ingredients corresponded to a deficiency of one per cent. of the milk fat. |
| 45 | Chutney | I | Contained carcases of mites, approximately 700 per ounce. |
| 80 | Chutney | F | Contained carcases of mites, approximately 2000 per ounce. |