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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
Merton and Morden 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton & Morden]
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| Article. | Total Samples. | Genuine. | Not Genuine. | Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 82 | 78 | 4 | - |
| Mixed Fruit Drops | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Mustard | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Mixed Spice | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Medicinal Liquid Paraffin | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Minced Beef | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Marmalade | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Mincemeat | 2 | 2 | No action | |
| Mint Drops | 1 | 1 | - | taken. |
| Mercury Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Ox Tail Soup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Pork Sausages | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Pork Sausage Meat | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Peppermint Sweets | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Pure Coffee | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Piccalli | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Sardine and Tomato Paste | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Salmon and Anchovy Paste | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Syrup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Sultanas | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Semolina | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Sponge | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Snow Cake Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Stomach Tablets | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Sherbert | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 'Steam Pudding Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Soya Flour | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Self Raising Flour | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Scone Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Salad Dressing Powder | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Sulphur Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Tinned Peas | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Tinned Beans in Tomato | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Tomato Chutney | 1 | 1 | Manufacturers' explanation | |
| Vinegar | accepted. | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Manufacturers' explanation accepted. | |
| Vitacup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Yorkshire Pudding and | - | |||
| Pancake Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Zinc Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 130 | 122 8 | - | |
Results of Analyses of New Milk Samples.
Solids not Fat (Legal Standard is 8.5%).
| 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 23 |