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Wanstead and Woodford 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
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| Strained Apple, Prune & Custard | 1 | Camporated Oil Codeine | 1 |
| Strawberry Jam | 1 | Gees Linctus | 1 |
| Strawberry Tarts | 1 | Glycerine, Honey & Lemon | 2 |
| Sugarless Table Jelly | 3 | Linctus of Codeine | 1 |
| Tomato Ketchup | 2 | Lung Tonic | 1 |
| Veal, Ham and Egg Loaf | 1 | Mu-cron Tablets | 1 |
| Vinegar | 1 | Saccharine Tablets | 1 |
| Whipped Cream | 1 | Totavite D.R. Vitamin Capsules | 1 |
| Aspirin | 1 | ||
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Manufacture, Storage and Sale of Ice Cream
Thirteen applications for premises to be registered for the storage
and sale of ice cream were received and considered by the Public
Health Committee. All were granted.
Twenty samples of ice cream were obtained and the results were as follows:-
| Ministry of Health's Provisional Grading | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taken | Grade 1 | Grade II | Grade III | Grade IV | |
| Nos. | 20 | 19 | 1 | — | — |
| Per cent | 100 | 95 | 5 | - | - |
Food and Drugs and Bacteriological Examinations
As in former years, the Food and Drugs samples were submitted
to Messrs. Bernard Dyer and Partners Ltd., (George Taylor, Esq.,
F.R.I.C. (died February, 1960), Dr. J. H. Hamence, F.R.I.C., and
P. S. Hall, Esq., F.R.I.C.) of 20 Eastcheap, London, E.C.3., and
samples for bacteriological examination to the Counties Public Health
Laboratories, (Roy C. Hoather, Esq., B.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.I.C., F.R.S.H.,
W. A. Bullough, Esq., C.B.E., M.Sc., M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H., Gordon
Miles, Esq., B.Sc., F.R.I.C., F.R.S.H., R. F. Rackham, Esq., B.Sc.,
M.R.S.H., and E. English, Esq., B.Pharm., B.Sc., F.R.I.C.) 66 Victoria
Street, London, S.W.1. The Department is appreciative of the help
given by these two laboratories during the year.
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