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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
Carshalton 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Food and Drugs Act, 1938
The following 345 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst:
| Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular | Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almonds, Ground | 1 | Milk, Evaporated | 1 | ||
| Apricots in Syrup | 1 | Mineral Water | 3 | ||
| Beans | 1 | Mixture, Pudding | 2 | ||
| Beef Loaf | 1 | Mixture, Cake and Pudding | 2 | ||
| Beetroot | 1 | ||||
| Blancmange Powder | 1 | Oil Teaseed | 1 | ||
| Bread (white) | 1 | Onions | 1 | ||
| Butter | 1 | Paste | 2 | ||
| Butter, Peanut | 1 | Peas | 1 | ||
| Cake | 2 | Peel | 1 | ||
| Cake Elour | 1 | Pepper (white) | 1 | ||
| Cheese Spread | 1 | Pie, Steak | 1 | ||
| Chocolate Roll | 1 | Pie, Pork | 1 | ||
| Cocoa | 1 | Pickles | 1 | ||
| Coffee | 1 | Potato Crisps | 1 | ||
| Coffee Powder | 1 | Pudding, Fruit | 1 | ||
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 1 | Pudding, Steak and Kidney | 2 | ||
| Cordial | 1 | Rice | 1 | ||
| Curry Powder | 1 | Saccharine Tablets | 1 | ||
| Dessert Powder | 1 | Salts | 1 | ||
| Faggots | 1 | Salad Cream | 2 | ||
| Fish Cakes | 1 | Sauce, Mint | 1 | ||
| Flour | 1 | Sausage, Pork | 5 | ||
| Fruit Juice | 4 | Soup | 1 | ||
| Ginger, Crystallised | 1 | Soup Powder | 1 | ||
| Groats | 1 | Sugar | 1 | ||
| Horseradish Relish | 1 | Suet | 1 | ||
| Ice Cream | 11 | Sweets | 7 | ||
| Jelly, Table | 1 | Tea | 1 | ||
| Ketchup, Tomato | 1 | Tomatoes | 1 | ||
| Lemonade | 1 | Vegetable Extract | 1 | ||
| Lemon Curd | 1 | Vinegar, Malt | 3 | ||
| Luncheon Meat | 2 | Vitamin Pellets | 1 | ||
| Margarine | 2 | Vitamin Syrup | 1 | 1 | |
| Marmalade | 2 | Whisky | 8 | ||
| Milk | 229 | 8 | Wine, Ruby | 1 | |
| Milk, Condensed | 1 | Yeast Yog hourt | 1 1 |
The following nine samples were found to be adulterated or otherwise
irregular:
Vitamin Syrup
A sample of Syrup in which the Vitamin A content was found to
be 10.4% less than that stated on the label.
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