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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 1958

[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.

Table: During the year 155 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis. These comprised the following:-

During the year 155 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis. These comprised the following:-

ARTICLES.ANALYSED.Adulterated or below standard.
FormalInformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
Almonds-ground.-11---
Anadin tablets.-11---
Apricot pie.-11---
Bacterial vaccine.-11---
Baking powder.-11---
Bamboo shoots.-11---
Beer.-11---
Beetroot.-11---
Biscuits.-11---
Blackcurrant jelly.-11---
Brandy.1-1---
Bread-American.-11---
Bread-starch reduced.-11-11
Broad beans.-11---
Butter.3----
Cake mixture.-11---
Cereal.-11---
Cheese spread.-33---
Chestnut spread.-11---
Chocolate drink.-11---
Chocolate laxative.-11---
Cochineal.-11---
Cocktail cherries.-11---
Codeine tablets.-11---
Compound carbonate of ammonia mixture.-11---
Confectionary - sugar.-44---
Cooking fat.2-2---
Cordial.-11---
Corned beef.-11---
Cough linctus.-11---
Cough sweets.-22---
Cranberry sauce.-11---
Cream - sterilized.-11---
Curried beans with sultanas-11---
Dripping.1-1---
Evaporated milk.-11---
Farola.-11---