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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Food and Drugs Act, 1938
The following 340 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst with the following results:
| Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular | Article | No. | Adulterated or otherwise irregular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almonds, Ground | 1 | Milk | 224 | ||
| Baking Powder | 2 | Milk Drink | 1 | ||
| Beans, Butter | 1 | Milk of Magnesia | 1 | ||
| Beans in Tomato Sauce | 1 | Mincemeat | 1 | ||
| Blackcurrant Juice | 1 | Nuts | 1 | ||
| Blackcurrant Syrup | 1 | Olive Oil | 1 | ||
| Blackcurrant Syrup— | Oranges | 1 | |||
| Ribena | 1 | Orange Squash | 1 | ||
| Blancmange Powder | 1 | Paste, Fish | 1 | ||
| Bread | 1 | Paste, Ham and Other Meat | 1 | ||
| Butter | 2 | ||||
| Cake | 1 | Pearl Barley | 1 | ||
| Cake Mix | 1 | 1 | Peas, Garden | 1 | |
| Cake and Pudding Mixture | 1 | Peas, Processed | 1 | ||
| Pease Pudding | 1 | ||||
| Cocoa | 1 | Pickles | 1 | ||
| Coffee | 1 | Pie Steak | 1 | ||
| Coffee & Chicory | 1 | Pineapple (Canned) | 1 | ||
| Cordial | 2 | Potato Crisps | 1 | ||
| Crab Meat | 1 | Pudding Mix | 1 | ||
| Currants | 1 | Pudding, Christmas | 1 | ||
| Drink Crystals | 1 | Raising Powder | 1 | ||
| Dripping, Beef | 3 | Rice, Baby | 1 | ||
| Evaporated Milk | 1 | Rice, Creamed | 1 | ||
| Flour | 1 | Rose Hip Syrup | 1 | ||
| Flour, Self-Raising | 1 | Salad Cream | 1 | ||
| Fruit Salad | 1 | Salmon, Pink | 1 | ||
| Gelatine | 1 | Salt | 1 | ||
| Glucose Barley Sugar | 1 | Sauce | 1 | ||
| Glucose Drink | 1 | Sausage, Beef | 1 | ||
| Grapefruit Squash | 1 | Sausage, Pork | 2 | ||
| Groats, Processed | 1 | Sausage Meat, Pork | 1 | ||
| Horseradish | 1 | Semolina | 2 | ||
| Horseradish Relish | 1 | Soup | 2 | ||
| Honey | 1 | Spice, Ground Mixed | 1 | ||
| Ice Cream | 10 | Steak, Stewed | 1 | ||
| Ice Lolly | 5 | Stuffing, Sage & Onion | 1 | ||
| Ice Lolly Mixture | 5 | Suet | 3 | 1 | |
| Jam .. | 1 | Sugar Icing | 1 | ||
| Lemon Curd | 1 | Tenderising Salt | 1 | ||
| Macaroni with Cheese Sauce | 1 | Tonic Syrup | 1 | ||
| Sweets | 7 | 1 | |||
| Margarine | 1 | Wheat Embryo | 1 | ||
| Meat, Minced | 1 | ||||
| Medicant, Cough | 1 |
The following three samples were found to be adulterated or otherwise
irregular:
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