Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]
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18.
Eight bags of clothing were disinfected.
Thirty-six verminous rooms were disinfested.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 1955.
During the year 155 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis. These comprised the following:-
ARTICLES. | ANALYSED. | Adulterated or below standard. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Almonds-ground. | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Anadin tablets. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Apricot pie. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bacterial vaccine. | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
Baking powder. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bamboo shoots. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Beer. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Beetroot. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Biscuits. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Blackcurrant jelly. | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Brandy. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Bread-American. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Bread-starch reduced. | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |
Broad beans. | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Butter. | 3 | - | - | - | ||
Cake mixture. | - | 1 | 1 | - | ||
Cereal. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Cheese spread. | 3 | 3 | ||||
Chestnut spread. | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
Chocolate drink. | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Chocolate laxative. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Cochineal. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Cocktail cherries. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Codeine tablets. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Compound carbonate of ammonia mixture. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Confectionary - sugar. | 4 | 4 | ||||
Cooking fat. | 2 | 2 | ||||
Cordial. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Corned beef. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Cough linctus. | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Cough sweets. | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Cranberry sauce. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Cream - sterilized. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Curried beans with sultanas | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Dripping. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | |
Evaporated milk. | 1 | 1 | - | |||
Farola. | 1 | 1 |