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Twickenham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 22.
The Middlesex County Council is the food and drugs authority for th Borough. The Chief Officer, Public Control Department, has kindly suppliec the following information relating to samples taken in the Borough during th year ended 31st December, 1955:—
| Article | Total Samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 77 | |
| Apple Pectin | 1 | — |
| Apricot Nectar | 1 | — |
| Arrowroot | 2 | — |
| Butter | 14 | — |
| Bread | 4 | 4 |
| Cakes | 11 | — |
| Cake Mix | 1 | — |
| Cheese | 8 | 2 |
| Cheese Spread | 1 | — |
| Cooked Meats | 5 | — |
| Condensed Milk | 2 | — |
| Cream | 17 | 1 |
| Crab Meat | 1 | — |
| Drugs | 13 | — |
| Fish | 13 | 2 |
| Fish Cakes | 1 | — |
| Fish Paste | 2 | — |
| Fruit Squash | 3 | — |
| Glace Cherries | 1 | — |
| Horseradish Sauce | 1 | - |
| Ice Cream | 2 | 1 |
| Jellies | 2 | — |
| Liver | 4 | — |
| Margarine | 4 | — |
| Mayonnaise | 2 | — |
| Meat Paste | 1 | — |
| Meatendra | 1 | — |
| Minced Meat | 13 | — |
| Mustard and Mayonnaise | 1 | 1 |
| Non-brewed Condiment | 5 | 2 |
| Oranges | 3 | — |
| Pears | 1 | — |
| Sausages | 13 | 3 |
| Sweets | 3 | — |
| Sardines | 1 | — |
| Self-raising Flour | 1 | — |
| Sausage Meat Roll | 1 | — |
| Soups | 1 | — |
| Tomato Puree | 1 | — |
| Tomato Sauce | 2 | - |
| Victoria Plums | 4 | - |
| Vinegar ...... | 21 | 1 |
| Wines and Spirits | 35 | |
| Totals | 301 | 17 |