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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 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
Sampling - During the year two hundred and twenty-three samples (comprising Forty-seven formal and one hundred and seventy-six informal samples) were submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis, as follows:-
| Type of Sample | Number of samples Examined | Unsatisfactory Samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total. | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Almond flavour | – | 1 | 1 | – | –– | – |
| Almond marzipan | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Apple Green colouring | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Beef croquettes | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Beef, spread with butter | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Bilberries, canned | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Biscuits, buttermunchy | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Blackberry, pie filling | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Blackcurrants in heavy syrup | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Blackcurrant health drink | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Blancmange powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Bread, rye Volkonbrat | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Bread, pumpernickel | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Butter, curl | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Butter, pure dairy | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Carawheat | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cheese and cheese spread | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Cheese, Almo Schinken Kase | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cheese, grated parmesan | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cheese, imported Austrian Swiss | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cheese, sliced Austrian Swiss | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cheese, savouries | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cheese, spread buttered | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cheese, spread creamed | – | I | 1 | – | – | – |
| Chicken, capri | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Chicken, croquettes | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Choca-Nilla | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Colouring, Food, blue/green | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Colouring, Chochineal extract | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Confectionery sugar | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Cream | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Cream double | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cream fresh | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cream jersey | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cream tinned | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Curry, malayan | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Gelatine | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Herbs, Thyme & Parsley | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Honey, sunny spread | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Honeygel | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Ice cream | – | 13 | 13 | – | – | – |
| Ice cream - soft | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Jelly, aspic | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Jelly, table | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Jelly, wincarnis | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Carried forward: | – | 66 | 66 | – | 1 | 1 |