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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
Twickenham 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Sampling.
The Middlesex County Council are the food and drugs authority for the
borough.
Mr. S. J. Pugh, Chief Officer, Public Control Department, has kindly supplied the following information relating to samples taken in the borough during the year:—
| Article | Taken | A dulterated |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 205 | 7 |
| Milk, Channel Islands | 8 | — |
| Apple wine cocktail | 1 | — |
| Aluminium hydroxide medicine | 1 | — |
| Boracic Powder | 2 | 1 |
| Brandy | 2 | — |
| Cooked meat | 3 | — |
| Coffee and chicory essence | 2 | — |
| Essence of rennet | 1 | — |
| Fishcake | 2 | 1 |
| Fish paste | 1 | — |
| Gin | 33 | — |
| Ground almond substitute | 1 | — |
| Haddock, smoked | 6 | — |
| Haggis | 1 | — |
| Hake | 1 | — |
| Honey, synthetic | 1 | — |
| Fruit preserve | 1 | 1 |
| Lemonade crystals | 1 | — |
| Malted milk tablets | 1 | — |
| Meat savoury | 1 | — |
| Minced beef, pressed | 1 | 1 |
| Nut cream | 1 | — |
| Rum | 2 | _ |
| Salad dressing | 1 | 1 |
| Salad cream | 3 | 2 |
| Sausages | 12 | — |
| Sausages, cooked | 6 | — |
| Sausage meat | 4 | — |
| Sherbet | 1 | 1 |
| Whiskey | 36 | 1 |
| White pepper | 1 | — |
| Totals | 343 | 16 |
Rent and Mortgage (Interest) Restrictions Act, 1920-38.
Three certificates were granted under the above Acts in respect of premises
which were in a state of disrepair.
Schools.
Inspection of the sanitary arrangements and canteens at the schools coming
under the jurisdiction of the Divisional Executive was maintained by the
sanitary inspectors during the year.
It was not necessary to close any of the schools on account of infectious
disease among children.
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