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Twickenham 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 23.
Sampling.
The Middlesex County Council is the food and drugs authority for the Borough. The Chief Officer, Public Control Department, has kindly supplied the following information relating to samples taken in the Borough during the year ended 31st December, 1951:—
| A rticle | Taken | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 137 | 1 |
| Bread | 2 | 2 |
| Cakes (various) | 36 | 1 |
| Cake decorations | 1 | - |
| Cooked meat | 7 | - |
| Creamed rice | 1 | - |
| Desiccated fondant | 1 | - |
| Drugs | 7 | 1 |
| Fish | 26 | 1 |
| Fish cakes | 1 | - |
| Fish paste | 1 | - |
| Gin | 4 | - |
| Honey | 1 | - |
| Ice-cream mix | 1 | - |
| Jam | 1 | - |
| Jelly | 4 | - |
| Lobster soup | 1 | - |
| Marmalade | 1 | - |
| Malt cod liver oil | 1 | - |
| Meat paste | 2 | - |
| Meat pie | 8 | - |
| Mint rock | 1 | - |
| Rum | 5 | - |
| Sausages (various) | 42 | - |
| Sausage meat | 7 | 1 |
| Sherry | 2 | - |
| Sherbert Fruit | 1 | - |
| Tomato ketchup | 4 | - |
| Vinegar, malt | 3 | - |
| Whisky | 22 | - |
| Tizer | 1 | - |
| White pepper | 1 | - |
| Total | 333 | 7 |