Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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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