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 Barnes]
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Table 15.—Milk Sampling.
Chemical Analysis.
15 samples of milk were taken and submitted to the Public Analyst for
chemical analysis. These samples, taken from milk roundsmen and local
retailers, proved to be quite satisfactory.
Table 16.— Sampling of Other Food and Drugs.
(a) Chemical Analysis.—53 Samples procured under the provisions of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, included:—
Foods. | |
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Best Butter Drops | Lemon Cheese |
Bread Roll | Lemon Squash |
Buttered Assortment | Malt Vinegar |
Butter Toffee | Meat Pudding |
Cheese Spread | Mint Jelly |
Chocolate Crunch contg. pure butter. | Mint in Vinegar |
Coffee | Nut Oil |
Crab Fish Paste | Orange Squash |
Cream of Mushroom Soup | Peanut Butter |
Creamed Rice | Peas—Early Garden Sugar |
Cremola Foam Crystals | Pineapple Flavouring |
Devonshire Biscuits with real butter. | Real Minced Chicken |
Egg Scramble Soup Mix | Salmon Spread |
Escoffier Sauce—Alexandra | Smoked Rainbow Trout Savoury |
Ground Ginger | Strawberry Flavouring |
Ground Nutmeg | Summer County Margarine contg. |
Hens Eggs | 10% butter. |
Ice Cream—ready mix | Sym Gravv |
Ice Cream with Extra Cream | Synthetic Cream Powder |
Instant Pudding | Table Cream |
Jam—Apricot | Tomato Juice |
Raspberry | Tomato Puree |
Red Plum | Treacle Toffee |
Junket Powders | White Pepper |
Hereunder I give the Public Analyst's reports on the samples examined
which were found to be irregular or substandard. Whilst no legal proceedings
were instituted the matters complained of were taken up with the manufacturers
concerned with satisfactory results:—
Sample No. 2.—Tomato Juice.
This article had the characteristics of a tomato drink prepared by dilution
from tomato concentrate or puree and flavoured with lemon and salt. It
contained no vitamin C.
In my opinion an article described as tomato juice should consist of the
product expressed from the tomato, and consisting of the liquid juice and some
of the pulp, with or without added salt, and which has been subjected to no
intermediate concentration. Such an article differs from the one analysed in
possessing a superior flavour, more attractive physical characteristics, and
vitamin C content comparable with that of tomatoes.
Sample No. 15.—Coffee.
Consisted of dried coffee extract.