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Sutton and Cheam 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Food and Drugs Act 1938
The following table indicates the samples taken during the year 1944;-
| NUMBER EXAMINED | NUMBER ADULTERATED ETC. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal | Formal | Total | Informal | Formal | Total . | |
| Milk | 21 | 55 | 76 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Butter | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Margarine | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Laid | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Meat Pie | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sausage rolls | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sausages | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tea | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Malt Chocolate Spread | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cake & Pudding Mixture (Sweetened) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cake flour | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cake Mixture | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Cake & Bun flour | 1 | 1 | ||||
| "Scona" | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Soya flour | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Semolina | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Yorkshire Pudding & Pancake Mixture | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Baking Powder | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Bread Crumbs | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sage & Onion Stuffing | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Salad Dressing Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dessert Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dessert Mould | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Flavouring, Blackcurrant | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lemon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lemon, essence of | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fruit Cubes | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Junket Powder | 3 | 3 | ||||
| "Friquix" | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pudding Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sponge Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ginger pastilles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jam. ''Energen'1 low sugar | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Raspberry & Gooseberry Preserve | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jelly Crystals Gelat ine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fig Vita-Bran | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Barley Flakes | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Blackcurrant flavoured Syrup | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mixed Spice | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mustard | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pudding Spice | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pepper, Black | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Curry | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cinnamon | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Ground Ginger | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Ground Nutmegs | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Mushroom Ketchup | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pepper | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Spinach Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fish Cakes | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Fish Dressing | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Carried forward | 115 | 58 | 173 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
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