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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
Harrow 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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The following is a list of the samples procured in the District during the year.
| Articles | Total Samples Procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 128 | 5 |
| Milk, new | 258 | 17 |
| Aspic Jelly | 1 | — |
| Baking Powder | 1 | — |
| Butter | 2 | — |
| Cakes | 18 | — |
| Chicken Cutlet | 1 | — |
| Chops | 3 | — |
| Coffee | 2 | — |
| Condensed Milk | 5 | — |
| Cooked Meats | 66 | — |
| Cream | 11 | — |
| Desiccated Coconut | 1 | — |
| Dripping | 2 | — |
| Drugs (various) | 26 | 1 |
| Fish (various) | 22 | 2 |
| Fish Cake | 1 | — |
| Fish Paste | 1 | — |
| Fish Roe | 2 | — |
| Fruit Juices | 2 | — |
| Fruit Squash | 5 | — |
| Glucose | 1 | — |
| Ground Almonds | 2 | |
| Honey | 1 | — |
| Ice Cream | 6 | — |
| Jam | 4 | — |
| Jelly, Table | 4 | — |
| Lamb | 1 | — |
| Macaroon Paste | 1 | — |
| Meat Pie | 14 | — |
| Meat Paste | 6 | — |
| Minced Meat | 23 | — |
| Mincemeat | 3 | — |
| Marmalade | 1 | — |
| Orange Curd | 1 | — |
| Powdered Milk | 1 | — |
| Prawns | 2 | — |
| Raisins | 1 | — |
| Salt | 1 | — |
| Sausages | 119 | 1 |
| Sausage Meat | 26 | — |
| Stewed Steak | 5 | — |
| Sweets (various) | 15 | — |
| 26 |