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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
Malden and Coombe 1953
[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 | |
| Coffee, ground | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | |
| Cornflour | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cordial | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Crab, dressed | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Custard powder | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Cake mixture | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Epsom salts | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Flour, self-raising | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Gravy browning | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Gin | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Glucose drink | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Glucose | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ice Lollies | — | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Ice cream | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Jam | _ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Jelly | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lemonade crystals | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lozenges, throat | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Margarine | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Milk | 21 | 26 | 47 | — | — | — |
| Milk, condensed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Milk, evaporated | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Mincemeat | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Mayonnaise | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Marmalade | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Mustard | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Marzipan | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pastilles, blackcurrant | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paraffin, liquid | — | 1 | i | — | — | — |
| Peas | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pudding mixture | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Paste, fish | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Pineapple juice | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Salad cream | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sauce | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Spice, mixed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Stuffing, sage and onion | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Suet | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sweets | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Syrup | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Syrup, cough | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sugar, demerara | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sausages, pork | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sausages, beef | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
| Sausage meat | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tea | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vanilla flavouring | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Welsh rarebit | — | 1 | 1 | -— | — | — |
| Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 39 | 115 | 154 | _ | 1 | 1 |