London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]
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Details of food examined in accordance with the Food and Drugs Act 1955 are set out in the
following table:
Examined by the Public Analyst
| 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 | ||
| Beefburgers | 2 | Instant Whip | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Beer | Lobster | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Beverages | 2 | Mayonnaise | 3 | ||||||
| Biscuits | 10 | 2 | Meat and meat products | 31 | |||||
| Bread | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Cake & Pudding mix | 1 | 1 | Milk and milk products | 5 | |||||
| Canned fish | 6 | Minerals | 1 | ||||||
| Canned fruit | 10 | 1 | Pasta | 1 | |||||
| Canned meat | 4 | Pate | 8 | ||||||
| Canned vegetables | 15 | Pickles | 1 | ||||||
| Cereals | 3 | Pizza | 1 | ||||||
| Cheese | 19 | 2 | Pork in batter | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Coffee | 3 | Poultry | 2 | ||||||
| Confectionery | 2 | 21 | 3 | Powdered fruit | |||||
| Cooking oil | 1 | dessert | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Croquettes | 2 | Preserves | 4 | ||||||
| Curry | 4 | Puree | 1 | ||||||
| Dairy produce | 1 | Salad cream | 1 | ||||||
| Dried milk | 1 | Sauce and sauce mixes | 15 | ||||||
| Drugs | 17 | ||||||||
| Essences | 1 | Sausages | 17 | 19 | |||||
| Fats | 1 | Sausage rolls | 1 | ||||||
| Fish and salad | 1 | Soup | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Food (baby) | 1 | 1 | Spices and savoury spreads | 5 | |||||
| Frankfurters | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Fruit juices | 13 | Vegetable juice | 1 | ||||||
| Hamburgers | 2 | 2 | Vinegar | 1 | |||||
| Ice Poles | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Indian foods | 21 | 4 | |||||||
| Instant potato | 4 | Total: | 39 | 289 | 9 | 17 | |||