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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
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Table 21
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 1959.
| Article | Total dampLes Procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (Various) | 93 | 1 |
| Butter | 9 | - |
| Cakes | 8 | 1 |
| Cheese | 4 | - |
| Cream | 16 | - |
| Drugs | 22 | - |
| Fish and Fish Products | 25 | 1 |
| Fruit, Fresh and Canned | 17 | - |
| Ice-Cream | 32 | - |
| Liver | 12 | - |
| Margarine | 7 | - |
| Meat and Meat Products | 57 | - |
| Preserves | 6 | - |
| Spirits | 9 | - |
| Vinegar and Non-Brewed Condiment | 30 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 23 | 1 |
| Totals | 370 | 6 |