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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Food and Drugs Act, 1938
The following 344 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst with the following results:
| Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular | Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baking Powder | 1 | Ice Lolly Mixture | 5 | ||
| Beans (Tinned) | 1 | Jam | 1 | ||
| Beer | 1 | Ketchup, Tomato | 1 | ||
| Biscuits | 1 | Margarine | 2 | ||
| Blackberries in Syrup | 1 | Marmalade | 1 | ||
| Blackcurrant Syrup | 1 | Milk | 230 | 4 | |
| Breadcrumbs | 1 | Mincemeat | 1 | ||
| Butter | 1 | Mineral Water | |||
| Cake | 2 | Mint Jelly | 1 | ||
| Cereal (Baby Food) | 1 | Mixtures (Cake) | 1 | ||
| Cheese Spread | 1 | Oranges | 1 | ||
| Chicken Rissole | 1 | Orange Drink | 1 | ||
| Cider | ] | Olive Oil | 1 | ||
| Chocolate Roll | 1 | Paste (Meat) | 2 | ||
| Cocoa | 1 | Peanut Butter | 1 | ||
| Cocoanut Sugar | 1 | Pepper (White) | 1 | ||
| Coffee and Chicory | Piccalilli | 1 | |||
| Extract | 1 | Pie, Fruit | 1 | ||
| Coffee | 1 | Pie, Meat | 1 | ||
| Cordial | 1 | Pork Roll | 1 | ||
| Cream | 1 | Pudding (Xmas) | 1 | ||
| Crabmeat | 1 | Salad Cream | 1 | ||
| Custard Powder | Sauce | 2 | |||
| Dripping | Sausage, Beef | 1 | |||
| Fish Cakes | 1 | Sausage, Pork | 3 | ||
| Flour (Self Raising) | 1 | Sausage, Liver | 1 | ||
| Flour (Plain) | 1 | Semolina | 1 | ||
| Gelatine | I | Steak and Kidney | |||
| Glucose | 1 | Pudding | 1 | ||
| Glucose Drink | Soup | 2 | |||
| Halibut Oil Capsules | Suet | 2 | |||
| Health Salts | 1 | 1 | Sweets | 7 | |
| Herbs (Mixed) | Vegetable Fat | 1 | |||
| Honey | 1 | Vinegar (Malt) | 2 | ||
| Horseradish | 1 | Vitamin Capsules | 2 | 1 | |
| Ice Cream | 11 | Yeast and Vegetable | |||
| Ice Lolly | 8 | Extract | 1 |
The following six samples were found to be adulterated or otherwise
irregular:
Milk—Four Samples
These were all from different vendors and were deficient in solids
other than fat to the extent of 1% in three instances and 2% in the
fourth. The explanation given in all was the same—that at that particular
lime of the year, viz: February/March, milk direct from the cow
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