Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following summary gives details of food sampled and results of analyses :—
No. satisfactory | No. unsatisfactory | |||||
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Formal | Informal | Total | Formal Informal | Total | ||
Milk | 27 | 1 | 28 | — | 1 | 1 |
Coffee | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Tea | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — |
Ginger Cordial | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Pineapple Squash | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Grapefruit Squash | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Mix-a-Shake | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Orange Drink | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — |
blackcurrant Cordial | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Lemonade, Bottles of | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Tonic Water | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Wines | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Brandy | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Gin | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Rum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Whisky | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
Apples | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Apricots | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Dried fruit | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coconut, Desiccated | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coconut, Buttered | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Almonds, Ground | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cream | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Butter | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Jam | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Marmalade | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Jelly with Port Wine | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Marshmallows | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Ice Cream | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
Lollies | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Sweets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
brazils, Butter | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Crab, dressed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Salmon Paste | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Sauce | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Tomato Ketchup | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Black Pepper | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Nutmegs, ground | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Pickling Spice | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Spice, mixed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Saltpetre, granular | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Sausages, Beef | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Sausages, Pork | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Sausages, Pork, Veal an | ||||||
Beef | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | — |
Peas, processed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chicklettes, Chicken and | ||||||
Potato Cakes | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Sponge Mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Soup powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chocolate Cake | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Semolina | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Eldermint Life Drops | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Indigestion Pills | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Quinine Tonic Water | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Damaroids | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Bronchial Balsam | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
Milk Bottle | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
64 | 43 | 107 | 5 | 4 | 9 |