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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Food
The following table shows the results of examinations made of samples procured for analysis during the year.
| Articles. | Number Analysed | Adulterated or Irregular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Beef, minced | 2 | - | 2 | |||
| Biscuits | _ | 1 | 1 | |||
| Brawn ... | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bread and Butter | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Cakes | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Chicken, chopped | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Chicklettes | _ | 1 | 1 | |||
| Christmas Pudding | _ | 3 | 3 | |||
| Cough Mixture | _ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Crab Paste | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cream | _ | 2 | 2 | |||
| Fish Cakes | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Fruit, dried | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Fruit milk drink | _ | 1 | 1 | |||
| Fruit, tinned | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Golden elixer ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ice-cream | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Jam | _ | 2 | 2 | |||
| Jelly | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Lemonade powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Margarine | I | 2 | ||||
| Marzipan | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Meringue mixtures | o | o | ||||
| Milk | 23 | _ | 23 | ] | 1 | |
| Nerve Sedative | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Orange drink . | _ | 1 | ] | |||
| Sausages | 19 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 2 | |
| Soup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sweets | 5 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Vitamin capsules | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 58 | 65 | 123 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Sample No, 79 : Pork Sausages.
A sample of Pork Sausages, purchased on the 7th February,
955, was found to contain 75 p.p.m. Sulphur Dioxide, and a preservative
label was not displayed at the time of sale as required by