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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
Brentford and Chiswick 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]
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By the courtesy of the Chief Officer, Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council, the following details of food sampling within the Borough are available.
| Article | Total Samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Milk (various) | 87 | 2 |
| Arrowroot | 5 | |
| Beans (in Sauce) | 1 | |
| Cakes | 29 | - |
| Cheese | 1 | |
| Chops | 4 | - |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 1 | |
| Cooked Meat | 12 | |
| Condensed Milk | 1 | |
| Cream | 7 | 2 |
| Curry Powder | 2 | - |
| Desiccated Coconut | 1 | |
| Dripping | 1 | - |
| Drugs | 6 | |
| Evaporated Milk | 3 | |
| Fish | 21 | 3 |
| Fish Paste | 4 | |
| Ice Cream | 8 | 2 |
| Jam | 2 | |
| Jelly | 2 | |
| Lemon Curd | 1 | |
| Marzipan | 1 | |
| Minced Meat | 9 | |
| Non-Brewed Condiment | 4 | |
| Peas (Tinned) | 1 | |
| Pork | 2 | - |
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 25 | 2 |
| Soup | 1 | |
| Sweets | 1 | |
| Stewed Steak | 1 | |
| Suet | 4 | - |
| Victoria Plums | 8 | 1 |
| Vinegar | 17 | 2 |
| Welsh Rarebit | 1 | |
| Wines and Spirits | 24 | |
| Yoghourt | 2 | - |
| Totals | 300 | 14 |
The total number of samples taken shows an increase of 81 over
last year's figure of 219, and the number of unsatisfactory samples
increased from 9 to 14.
The following is an extract from the Chief Officer's report on
the unsatisfactory samples:-
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