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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 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]

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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Food and Drugs Acts, 1938 to 1954

Table: Sampling.During the year two hundred and seven samples (comprising forty four formal and one hundred and sixty three informal samples) were analysed by the Public Analyst as follows:-

Sampling.During the year two hundred and seven samples (comprising forty four formal and one hundred and sixty three informal samples) were analysed by the Public Analyst as follows:-

type of Food sampledNumber of samples examinedUnsatisfactory samples
FormalInformalTotalsFormalInformalTotals
Almonds - ground-11-11
Artificial colour-11---
Blackcurrant Syrup-11---
Bone and Nerve Liniment-11---
Boraclc Acid Powder-11---
Butter527---
Butterscotch-11-11
Cake-11---
Cake Mixture-11---
Calamine Lotion-11---
Cascara Sagrada-11---
Cheese Spread-11---
Chicken (Livers and Meat)-11---
Chicken Minced-11---
Citric Acid-11---
Coconut, desiccated-11---
Coffee-11---
Coffee and Chicory Essence-22---
Coffee and Chicory Extract-11---
Cooking Fat-11---
Cordial- Ginger1-1---
Cough Mixture-11---
Cream-77---
Cream of Tartar-11---
Creme - Marshmallow11---
Custard Powder-22-11
Dripping-11---
Embrocation-11--—
Energy Tablets-11---
Eye Lotion-11---
Flavour - Almond-11---
Flavour - Rum-11---
Flour - Self Raising-11---
Gargle-11---
Ginger-11---
Glauber's Salts-11---
Glucose Tablets-11---
Gravy Salt-11--~
Halibut Oil Capsules-11---
Honey-11--~
Ice Cream (Chemical)-1111--—
Ice - Frig.-11---
Jam-33--—
Jelly (table)-22-11
Lard-11--
Lemons-11--—
Lemon Curd-11--
Lemonade Powder-11---
Liquid Paraffin-11--—
Lollies (Sweets)-22--—
Margarine-77-11
Margarine - Vegetarian-11---
Carried forward:68086-55