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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 1955

[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 twenty seven samples (comprising fifty eight formal and one hundred and sixty nine informal samples) were submitted to the public Analyst for analysis.

Sampling.During the year two hundred and twenty seven samples (comprising fifty eight formal and one hundred and sixty nine informal samples) were submitted to the public Analyst for analysis.

Type of Food sampledNumber of samples examinedUnsatisfactory samples
FormalinformalTotalFormalinformalTotal
Almonds - ground123---
" - nib-11---
Apricot Juice-11---
Beans and pork, sausages-11---
Bicarbonate of Soda-22---
Boraclc Powder-11---
Broth - chicken-11-11
Butter314---
Cake Mix-11---
Camphorated Oil-11---
Castor Oil-11---
Champagne perry-11---
Cheese and Macaroni-11-11
" Spread--3-11
Chicken Jelly-11---
Cochineal-11---
Coconut-11---
Coffee and Chicory-11---
" " " Essence-11---
" " " Extract-11---
Condensed Milk-11---
Confectionery - Sugar-1313---
Cooking Fat-11---
Cordial2-7---
Crab - dressed-11---
Cream--5-11
" of Tartar-11---
Custard Powder--2---
Flan Sponge Mixture-11---
Flavouring--3---
Frankfurts Cocktail-11---
F1our--2---
Gelatine-11---
Ginger-11---
Grapefruit Segnents-11---
Gravy Powder-22---
Honey-33---
Ice Cream-99-11
Jam-33---
Jelly Creams-11---
Ketchup Tomato-11---
Lard426---
Lemonade Crystals-22--~
Lemon Curd-11---
„ Juice-22---
Lollle - Ice-33---
Luncheon Meat-22---
Margarine-55---
Marmalade-11---
" - diabetic-11---
Carried forward10101111-55