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Sutton and Cheam 1959

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

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Table: INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOODFood and Drugs Act, 1955Sampling. During the year two hundred and eighteen samples (comprising fifty formal and one hundred and sixty-eight informal samples) were submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis as follows:-

INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD

Food and Drugs Act, 1955

Sampling. During the year two hundred and eighteen samples (comprising fifty formal and one hundred and sixty-eight informal samples) were submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis as follows:-

Type of SampleNumber of Samples Examinedunsatisfactory Samples
FormalInformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
Aspirin - Junior-22__-
Barbados Sugar-11---
Beans - sliced-11---
Biscuits-11---
Blackcurrant Pie-11---
Blackcurrant Syrup-33---
Bombay Duck-11---
Brandy Sauce-11---
Breadcrumbs-11---
Bun Flour-11---
Caterpillars - roasted-11---
Cayenne Pepper-11---
Cheese Cake-11---
Cherry Syrup-11---
Chicken - boneless-11---
Chicken Breast-11---
Chicken - chopped-11---
Christmas Pudding-22---
Cochineal-11---
Cocktail Sausages-11---
Coffee Dessert-11---
College Pudding-11---
Confectionery - flour-44-22
Confectionery - sugar-1010---
Cordial-22---
Cornish Pasty-11-11
Cough Mixture-11---
Crab Meat-11---
Crab Paste-11---
Cranberry Sauce-11---
Cream-33---
Cream - Devon-11---
Cream - Jersey-11---
Cream - Sterilised-22---
Cream - tinned-11---
Crlspbread-11---
Egg Rusks-11---
Eldermlnt Drops-11---
Evaporated Milk.-22---
Frlzets-11---
Fynnon Salts-11---
Gees Llnctus Past.-11---
German Mustard-11---
Glucose-11---
Glucose Tablets-11---
Glycerin, Lemon and Honey Pastilles-11___
Glycerin, Lemon and Honey with Ipecacuanha-11-11
Carried forward-6868-44