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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 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Malden & Coombe]

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Table: During the year 156 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst

During the year 156 samples were submitted to the Public Analyst

ARTICLESANALYSEDADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD
FormalInformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
Baking powder.-11---
Beans - butter.-11---
Beef and kidney pie.-11---
Beef curry.-11---
Biscuits.-22---
Bovril.-11---
Brandy.2-2---
Breakfast cereal.-11---
Bronchial balsam.-11---
Butter.2-2---
Casserole steak.-11---
Cheese.-33---
Cheese spread.-22---
Chocolate drink.-11---
Chocolate milk drink.-11---
Cod roe.-11---
Coffee & chicory essence.-11---
Coffee spread.-11---
Cold cure capsules.-11---
Confectionery - flour.-11---
Confectionery - flour. ( Sally Lunn).-22-11
Confectionery - sugar.-22---
Corned mutton loaf.-11---
Cream.-11---
Cream - double.-33---
Cream - tinned.—11---
Creamed rice.-11---
Currants - clean.-11-11
Digestive tablets.-11---
Drinking chocolate.-22---
Egg rusks.-11---
Fish paste.-11---
Flan pack.-11---
Fruit salad.-11---
Gin.1-1---
Glucose.-11---
Halibut liver oil caps.-11---
Hamburgers.-11---
Health salt.-11---
Indigestion tablets.-11---