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Malden and Coombe 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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| ARTICLES | ANALYSED | Adulterated or below standard. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Chutney | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cinnamon | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Custard powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Curry powder | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Coffee and chicory essence | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cheese | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Coffee | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Custard mix | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Crushed apple (tin) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fish paste | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Flour | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ground ginger | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Gin | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Gelatine | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Horseradish sauce | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Honey | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Jam | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Jell-tina | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lard | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Lobster paste | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Liver sausage | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lemonade powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lime juice cordial | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Milk | 35 | 29 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| M ustard | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Margarine | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Marmalade | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Meat paste | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Orange wine | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pineapple flavouring | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pickles | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pepper (white) | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Rum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Salad Cream | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sausage meat | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| Saccharin | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sulphur ointment | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sweets | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sauce | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sponge cake mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tea | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tomato ketchup | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar wine | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar malt | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Vinegar non-brewed | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vegetables (tin) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Whiskey | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 60 | 87 | 147 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Notes in regard to samples shown as adulterated or below standard.
Milk. The informal sample shown as below standard was followed
by several formal samples which all proved genuine.
One of the formal samples was the subject of careful consideration
by the Committee, but in view of special circumstances and of a