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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
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Analyses of Food and Drugs
The following 303 samples of food and drugs were submitted to the Public Analyst with the results indicated:—
| Article | No. | Aldulter-ated or otherwise irregular | Article | No. | Aldulter-ated or otherwise irregular |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alka Seltzer | 1 | Meat Patties | 1 | ||
| Almonds Ground | 2 | Medicine | 1 | ||
| Cake Mix | 1 | Mentholated Balsam | 1 | ||
| Chutney | 1 | Mincemeat | 2 | ||
| Coconut Desiccated | 1 | Mint Jelly | 1 | ||
| Coffee & Chicory Extract | 1 | Mineral Water | 1 | ||
| Confectionery Sugar | 10 | Mustard | 1 | ||
| Cordial | 4 | 1 | Milk | 203 | 6 |
| Cornflour | 1 | Olive Oil | 1 | ||
| Christmas Pudding | 1 | Orangeade Powder | 1 | ||
| Crab—Dressed | 1 | Pastry Puff | 1 | ||
| Crab-meat | 1 | Pastry Puff Mix | 1 | ||
| Cream | 1 | Peas | 1 | ||
| Currants | 2 | Pepper | 1 | ||
| Dates | 1 | Pie Filling | 1 | ||
| Desiccated soup | 1 | Pineapple Slices | 1 | ||
| Dessert—Table | 1 | Pork Roll | 1 | ||
| Drinking Chocolate | 1 | 1 | Pudding Mix | 1 | |
| Dripping | 2 | Raisins | 1 | ||
| Egg | 1 | 1 | Rose Hip Syrup | 1 | |
| Fruit Mixed | 1 | 1 | Salad Cream | 1 | |
| Fruit Mixed, cleaned | 1 | 1 | Salt | 1 | |
| Flour Self-Raising | 2 | Sauce | 2 | ||
| Gelatine | 2 | Sausage, Pork | 3 | ||
| Ground Nut Oil | 1 | Sausage-meat, Pork | 3 | ||
| Herbs Mixed | 1 | Semolina | 1 | ||
| Honey | 1 | Soup | 2 | ||
| Ice Cream | 9 | Sponge Mix | 1 | ||
| Kipper Fillets | 1 | Steak & Kidney (canned) | 1 | 1 | |
| Lemon Juice | 1 | Sultanas, cleaned | 1 | ||
| Liver Sausage | 1 | Vinegar, Malt | 2 | ||
| Marzipan | 1 | Vitamin "A" capsules | 1 | ||
| Margarine | 2 | Wine, White | 1 | ||
| Yeast Tablets | 1 |
The following twelve samples were reported upon unfavourably:—
Mixed Fruit (2 samples).
As reported in 1956, samples of currants, raisins and mixed fruit all
the products of one producer and sold as "cleaned" were submitted to the
Analyst during that year and were found to contain an excess of grit and
earthy matter. A further sample of mixed fruit from this source taken in
1957 after negotiations with the producer as a result of which he undertook
to withdraw certain stocks and to double clean those from a particular
source, shewed that in spite of the altered processing it was not possible to
reduce the sand and earthy matter to the low limit indicated as desirable by
the Analyst for dried fruit labelled "cleaned." A sample of mixed fruit from
another packer also shewed an excess of earthy matter. Arising out of
these cases the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and other
bodies were approached with a view to a legal standard for permissible
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