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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
Richmond upon Thames 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Food & Drugs Act, 1938 (Sampling of Food and Drugs).
The Richmond Borough Council became a Food and Drugs Authority on the 1st April, 1954, and the following table of sampling in the Borough during 1954 includes samples taken by the Surrey County Council in the quarter ending 31st March, 1954.
| Articles. | Analysed | Adulterated or Irregular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | In formal | Total | |
| Apricots, dried | _ | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bark tablets | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Butter | — | 1 | ] | |||
| Fruit Cocktail | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jam | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lard | — | 1 | ||||
| Lemonade crystals | — | 1 | ||||
| Marzipan | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Meat tenderizer. | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Milk | 41 | 46 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Orange drink | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pepper | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Saccharin tablets | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sausages | 22 | 22 | 3 | |||
| Sweets | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Vegetables, mixed | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals ...... | 64 | 19 | 83 | 6 | 3 | — |