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 Chigwell]
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(f) Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food & Drugs
The following is a list of items submitted to the Public
Analyst in 1956.
Almonds, Ground 1
Anchovy Fish Paste 1
Aspirin Tablets 2
Backache Pills 1
Banana Whip 1
Beef Loaf Minced 1
Beef Sausages 1
Blackcurrant Juice 1
Bread Rolls Buttered 1
Browning 1
Cake Mix 1
Cheese Pasteurised 1
Cheese spread with ham 1
Cheese spread with onion 1
Chocolate Nestle Milk Bar 1
Condiment Non-Brewed 1
Crab dressed 2
Crab Tinned 1
Foie Gras Paste 1
Flour Self-Raising 1
Fruit Pie 1
Gin 1
Ginger Marmalade 1
Gluton Nutmeat 1
Honev 1
Horseradish Relish 1
Ice Cream 2
Tarn Apricot 1
Tam Blackcurrant 2
Telly Strawberry 1
Kilkof Bottle 1
Kilkof Cones 1
Lemon Flavouring Essence 1
Lemon Juice 1
Lime Juice Cordial 1
Margarine 1
Milk Channel Island 1
Milk Evaporated 1
Milk Pasteurised 3
Milk Sterilized 1
Mint Sauce 1
Pork Luncheon Meat 1
Pork Sausages 2
Prawns in Aspic 1
Rice Pudding Tinned 1
Salmon and Shrimp Paste 1
Salmon Spread 1
Sausage Cocktail 1
Sausage Vienna 1
Soup Cream of chicken 1
Soup Cream of Tomato 1
Soup, Dessicated Brown 1
Soup Oxtail 1
Steak Stewed, Irish 1
Sugar Puffs 1
Sweets Bubblegum 1
Sweets, Butter Brazils 1
Sweets, Butter Macaroons 1
Sweets Pola Maid 1
Sweets Vanmelle Fruit 1
Tartex Sandwich Spread 1
Whisky 1
All the samples were reported by the Analyst to be genuine
except the sample of Lemon Juice. Stocks of this article were
withdrawn from sale and destroyed.
(g) Adulteration
No cases of adulteration were reported during the year.
(h) Ice Cream
27 visits were made to manufacturers and vendors of ice
cream for inspection of premises and sampling.
There are 6 manufacturers and 88 vendors on the register.
Only one of these manufacturers is now making ice cream.
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