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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
Sutton and Cheam 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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| Article | Number of samples examined | Number of unsatisfactory samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Brought forward | 1 | 119 | 120 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Meat (Potted) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Milk | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Milk, food (Dried) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Milk. (Channel Island) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Milk (South Devon) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Milk (Evaporated) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Milk (whipping com | ||||||
| pound) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mint (Jelly) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mints (Digestive) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Mincemeat | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mint (dried) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mint (Garden) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Nerve and Headache Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Olive Oil | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Orange Squash | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Paste (Anchovy) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Paste (Cod Poe) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Paste (Fish) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Paste (Meat) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Peel (Candled) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Pepper | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pepper condiment | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pepper (Ground White) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Pickle | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pie Steak | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Preserve (Lime) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Puddings (Xmas) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Rice | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Poll (Bread and Butter; | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sago (Creamola) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Salad Cream | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Salt (Iodised) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Salmon Spread | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sausage (Preserved Beef) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Sausage (Beef) | 7 | 1 | 8 | |||
| Sausage (Pork) | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Sausage Pork (cooked) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sausage (Preserved Pork) | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Sausages (tinned) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sausage meat (Beef) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Sausage meat (Pork) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Soft drinks | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Soup (Turtle) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Spread (Honey) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Spread (Anchovy) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tablets (Digestive) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tablets (Glucose) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tablets (Sulphur) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Throat tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tonic Food | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tonic (Children's) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Trifle paste | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vinegar (Malt) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vinegar (Tarragona) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wine (sweet) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 66 | 174 | 240 | 3 | 11 | 14 |