London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
This page requires JavaScript
Below is given a full list of samples taken for analysis :—
| Formal | No. examined Informal | Total | No. unsatisfactory | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | ||||
| Milk | 17 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Beef Cubes | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Coffee Extract | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Iced Lollies | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Sausages | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Sausages, Whalemeat | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sweephat | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Saccharin | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Bread | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Brawn | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream Buns | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Peach Jam | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Savouries (" Sausages ") | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Sweets | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Whisky | 8 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
| Candy Floss | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream Doughnuts | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fizzy Effervescing Drink | — | |||||
| Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fizzy Lemon Barley Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Frying Oil | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Lemonade Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Meat Pie | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Meringue | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Olive Oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pepper | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tomato Paste | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Trifle | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vita Crunch (Malt pre-paration) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dyspepsia Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Health Herbs | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Indigestion Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Almond Flavouring | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Frizets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ginger Wine Flavouring | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Golden Crumbs | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Jelly Crystals | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pastry Mix | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Raising Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Spice, Pickling | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Suet, Beef | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Swiss Roll | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Camphorated Oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cascara Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 109 | 8 | |||||
(e) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Foods.
Chemical examination is carried out by the Public Analysts,
Mr. G. Taylor, F.R.I.C., and Dr. J. H. Hammence, F.R.I.C., at
20 Eastcheap, E.C.3, and bacteriological examinations by the
Counties Public Health Laboratories, 66 Victoria Street, S.W.I.