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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
Hillingdon 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Environmental Health
The following table gives details of foods sampled with the resultant findings:—
| PRODUCT | PROCURED | Adulterated, below standard or otherwise not complying with prescribed requirements | PRODUCT | PROCURED | Adulterated, below standard or otherwise not complying with prescribed requirements | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formally Taken | Informally Taken | Formally Taken | Informally Taken | Formally Taken | Informally Taken | Formally Taken | Informally Taken | ||
| Artificial Sweetening Products | 1 | Ice Pops | 1 | ||||||
| Instant Low Fat Milk | 3 | ||||||||
| Butter and Margarine | 2 | Instant Potato | 2 | ||||||
| Buttered Toast | 2 | Jam and Marmalade | 4 | ||||||
| Canned Baby Food | 1 | ||||||||
| Canned Cream | 1 | Jelly | 4 | ||||||
| Canned Fruit | 14 | Lard | 2 | ||||||
| Canned Meals | 1 | Low Fat Spread | 1 | ||||||
| Canned Soup | 2 | Marzipan | 1 | ||||||
| Canned Vegetables | 6 | Mayonnaise | 1 | ||||||
| Cheese and Cheese | 1 | 11 | 1 | Meat and Meat Products | 1 | 29 | |||
| Products | |||||||||
| Cider | 2 | Milk | 91 | ||||||
| Coffee | 1 | Mince Meat | 13 | ||||||
| Cooking Oil | 1 | Packet Meals | 1 | ||||||
| Cream | 16 | 1 | Packet Soup | 1 | |||||
| Crisps | 1 | Pickles | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Curry and Curry Powder | 2 | Potato Chips | 1 | ||||||
| Preservative | 1 | ||||||||
| Dairy Cocktail | 1 | Rice | 3 | ||||||
| Dandelion Coffee | 1 | Salads and Salad Dressing | 2 | ||||||
| Dehydrated Onions | 1 | ||||||||
| Dried Fruit | 4 | Sauces and Sauce Mixes, etc. | 5 | ||||||
| Drinking Chocolate and Cocoa | 2 | Sausages | 1 | ||||||
| Dripping | 3 | Savoury Spreads | 1 | ||||||
| Drugs | 18 | 1 | Seasoning and Spices | 2 | |||||
| Egg Noodles | 1 | ||||||||
| Evaporated Milk | 1 | Shredded Beef Suet | 1 | ||||||
| Fish Products | 6 | Soured Cream | 1 | ||||||
| Flour Confectionery | 23 | 1 | Spirits | 20 | |||||
| Sugar Confectionery | 7 | 3 | Food Colours | 1 | |||||
| Food Concentrate | 2 | Tea | 2 | ||||||
| Fruit Drinks and Fruit Juice | 17 | 2 | Treacle | 1 | |||||
| Trifle | I | ||||||||
| Gravy Mix | 1 | Vending Machine Samples | 2 | ||||||
| Health Foods | 6 | ||||||||
| Ice Cream and Ice Cream Mix | 2 | Vinegar | 4 | ||||||
| Yoghourt | 2 | ||||||||