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 Wanstead and Woodford]
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A list of food sampled is given below:
Almond Marzipan 1
Apples 10
Apple Tart 1
Aspirins 1
Bacon 1
Baking Powder 1
Blackcurrant & Glycerine
Pastilles 1
Blackcurrant Juice Cordial 1
Butter 3
Cheese spread with shrimp 1
Cherry Cough Linctus 1
Chicken Croquette 1
Chocolate Fingers 1
Chopped Ham 1
Chopped Ham with Pork 1
Chopped Roast Turkey 1
Christmas Pudding 1
Cocoa 1
Coffee 1
Concentrated Gingerade 1
Currant Pudding 1
Custard Powder 2
Danish Salami 1
Desiccated Coconut 1
Double Cream 2
Fairy Cakes 1
Fruit Cake 1
Fruitarian Luncheon 1
Glace Cherries 1
Glycerine & Thymol Pastilles 1
Ground Almonds 1
Ground Ginger 2
Ground White Pepper 1
Ham & Chicken Roll 1
Horseradish Relish 1
Instant Coffee 1
Jam Sandwich Biscuits 1
Jelly 1
Lancashire Rarebit 1
Lemon, Glycerine & Apeccac. 1
Lemon 1
Lemon curd tart 1
Lemon Jelly 1
Lemonade Crystals 1
Liver Sausage 1
Luncheon Meat 1
Malt Vinegar 1
Minced Beef 5
Mint 1
Mint Jelly 1
Mixed Peel 1
Olive Oil 1
Pearl Tapioca 1
Piccalilli Mustard Pickle 1
Plain Flour 1
Pork Luncheon Meat 2
Pork Pie 1
Pressed Beef 1
Quick Flan 1
Rose Hip Syrup 1
Sago 2
Sauce 1
Saveloys 1
Spam 1
Stewed Steak 1
Stuffed Pork Meat Roll 1
Sugared Straws 1
Sweet Pickle 1
Tea 3
Tomato Ketchup 1
Tomato Paste 1
Vegetable Curry with Rice 1
White Pepper 1
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