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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Article | Total samples procured | Unsatisfactory |
|---|---|---|
| Cakes and biscuits | 96 | 1 |
| Cooked Meats | 25 | - |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | - |
| Cream | 22 | 1 |
| Curry Powder | 1 | - |
| Drugs, various | 7 | - |
| Eggs | 1 | - |
| Fish | 17 | 1 |
| Fish Cake | 1 | - |
| Fish Paste | 3 | - |
| Flour | 3 | - |
| Fruit Juice | 1 | - |
| Fruit Squash | 1 | - |
| Ground Almonds | 1 | - |
| Ice Cream | 7 | - |
| Iced Lollies | 22 | - |
| Jam | 4 | - |
| Margarine | 5 | - |
| Meat | 8 | - |
| Meat Paste | 1 | - |
| Meat Pie | 7 | - |
| Minced Meat | 15 | - |
| Non brewed Condiment | 6 | 2 |
| Oranges | 12 | - |
| Pickled Herrings | 1 | 1 |
| Salad Cream | 2 | - |
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 56 | - |
| Soups | 3 | - |
| Suet | 2 | - |
| Sweets | 9 | 3 |
| Tinned fruit | 2 | - |
| Victoria Plums | 1 | - |
| Vinegar | 29 | 8 |
| Wines and Spirits | 35 | - |
| Totals | 545 | 19 |
With regard to the 19 samples noted as unsatisfactory, the following
brief comments may be of interest.
Milk
The 2 samples of milk were each of bottled milk on retail sale by
different dairymen. One was slightly deficient in fat, the other slightly