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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
Tottenham 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Food Sampling.
The following information has been furnished by the Middlesex
County Council Public Control Department relative to the Formal
and Informal Samples taken in accordance with the Food and Drugs
Act, 1938, namely:—
| Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taken. | Incorrect. | Taken. | Incorrect. | |
| Milk | 56 | 1 | 39 | - |
| Milk, New | 47 | 18 | 205 | 1 |
| Milk, South Devon | 1 | _ | 12 | - |
| Butter (with roll) | — | — | 1 | - |
| Cheese Spread | 1 | — | — | - |
| Drugs | 5 | — | 1 | - |
| Fish (various) | — | — | 4 | - |
| Flour, Self-raising | 1 | — | — | - |
| Ice Cream | 1 | — | — | - |
| Jelly, Table | 1 | — | — | - |
| Marmalade | 1 | — | — | - |
| Meat and offal products | 4 | — | 48 | - |
| Mincemeat | 1 | — | — | - |
| Potato Crisps | I | — | — | - |
| Salad Cream | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Sandwich Mixture | 1 | — | — | - |
| Sherbet | 1 | 1 | — | - |
| Spirits | 1 | — | 42 | 1 |
| Sweets and Confectionery | 9 | 3 | 14 | - |
| Swephat | 1 | — | — | - |
| Tomato Sandwich Spread | 1 | — | — | - |
| Tomato Ketchup | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Vinegars | 3 | — | — | - |
| Total | 139 | 23 | 368 | 2 |