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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
Wanstead and Woodford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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A list of food sampled is given below:—
| sample(s) | |
|---|---|
| Butter | 6 |
| Margarine | 6 |
| Cooking Fat | 6 |
| Rice | 3 |
| Ground Rice | 2 |
| Cheese | 6 |
| Bacon | 6 |
| Tea | 6 |
| Sugar | 5 |
| Salmon and Shrimp paste | 2 |
| Coffee | 1 |
| Pepper substitute | 1 |
| Sago | 2 |
| Jam | 2 |
| Lemon Powder | 1 |
| Custard Powder | 4 |
| Pork Sausages | 4 |
| Beef Sausages | 5 |
| Flour, self-raising | 2 |
| Vinegar | 1 |
| Peas, split | 1 |
| Desiccated cocoanut | 2 |
| Pineapple (crystallized) | 1 |
| Vermicelli | 1 |
| Rolled oats | 1 |
| Brawn | 1 |
| Luncheon meat | 1 |
| Lemon curd | 1 |
| Steak pie | 1 |
| Ground almonds | 2 |
| Ice Cream | 8 |
| Milk, condensed | 2 |
| Total | 93 |
Seven samples of ice-cream were submitted to the Public Analysts to
ascertain the fat content of the mixture. These samples contained fat to
the following extent: 9.6 per cent., 6.5 per cent., 11.3 per cent., 9.7 per
cent., 8.4 per cent., 14.5 per cent., 12.5 per cent.
Details were submitted to the Ministry of Food, as requested by the
Ministry. It should be noted that at that time there did not exist a standard
of ice-cream.
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