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Wanstead and Woodford 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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5. A sample of Single Cream showed a deficiency in fat to the extent
of 5½% of the minimum of 18%. The deficiency was so small and the
Order so young that the Public Analyst recommended a caution. Further
samples were unobtainable because of a standstill order on the supply of
cream to the public.
A list of food sampled is given below:—
Butter 6
Margarine 4
Cooking Fat 4
Rice 1
Ground Rice 2
Cheese 4
Bacon 4
Tea 4
Sugar 4
Fish Paste 2
Table Jelly 2
White Pepper 1
Semolina 2
Jam 1
Cake and Pastry Mixture 2
Custard Powder 2
Pork Sausages 4
Breakfast Sausage 1
Flour 2
Artificial Cream 1
Cream 8
Desiccated Coco-nut 2
Pineapple (crystallized) 1
Ketchup 1
Oatmeal 1
Brawn 1
Luncheon Meat 4
Ham 1
Meat Pie 1
Ground Almonds 1
Ice Cream 8
Salad Cream 1
Cornflour 1
Ground Ginger 1
Baking Powder 1
Molasses 1
Nuts 1
Toast 1
Total 89
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