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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]
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| Articles. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Genuine. | Non-genuine or irregular. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochineal food colour | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | _ |
| Cockles—cooked | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Cocktail—damson cream | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| wine | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Coconut—desiccated | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Codeine phosphate, syrup of | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - |
| Codis tablets | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Coffee—and chicory essence | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| instant | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| with creme and sugar | 1 | 1 | - | — | 1 |
| white with sugar | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Conserve—raspberry | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Cordial—ginger | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| lime | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Crispbread—starch reduced | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Crumbs—golden | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Crush—sparkling orange | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Crystals—lemon foam | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Currants | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Custard powder | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Dairy topping | 1 | 1 | - | — | 1 |
| Dates | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| chocolate | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Dessert—pineapple | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Drink—bitter lemon | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| glucose | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| lemon—low calorie | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| orange | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| sparkling lemon | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Dripping | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Dubonnet | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Fish cakes | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Flour—cake | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| confectionery | 10 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| self-raising | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | - |
| Frankfurters | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Fritter mix—tomato | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Garlic—instant powder | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - |
| Gin | 3 | 3 | — | - | - |
| Ginger—beer | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| crystallised | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| non-alcoholic | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| shandy | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Glycerine and thymol pastilles | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - |
| Gravy browning | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Groats | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Ham | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Hamburgers with gravy | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Health salts | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | - |