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Sutton and Cheam 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISI ON OF FOOD.
Food & Drugs Act, 1958.
The following table indicates the nature of the 221 formal and informal samples submitted for analysis during the year 1948.
| Article, | Number of samples examined. | Number of unsatisfactory samples. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal . | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Adexoline Tablet Capsules | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Apple Sauce | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Baking Powder | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Barley Crystals | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bicarbonate of Soda | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Black Pudding | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Brandy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Butter | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cake Decorations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cake Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Campden Solution Tablets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Catarrh & Bronchial Syrup | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cheese (Alpine) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Chocolate Spread | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Chunx (Sweets) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Chutney | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cinammon (Ground) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cocoa | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cod Liver Oil | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cod Liver Roe Paste | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Coffee | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Coffee Essence | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Coffee & Chicory Extract | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Compound (Glycerine & Honey) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cooking oil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cough Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cough Pastilles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Culinary Oil | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Custard Powder (Dutch) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Curry Powder | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Digestive Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dyspepsia Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Effervescing Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Epsom Salts | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fish Cake (Fried) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fish Pastes | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Flavouring Essences | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Flour (Self Raising) | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Formamint Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fruit Sauce | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gee's Linctus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gelatine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gin | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ginger (Ground.) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Glycerine & Lemon Balsam | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Golden Raising Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Grape Juice | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Horseradish Cream | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hydrogen Peroxide | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Indigestion Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Carried forward: | 5 | 63 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
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