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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
Beddington and Wallington 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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The following table gives details of the samples obtained within this district during the year:
| Articles | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
| Arrowroot | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butter | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheese Straws | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectionery, flour | — | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cocoa | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coffee | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cooking Fat | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curry Powder | — | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish Paste | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flour, self-raising | — | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit, dried (prunes) . | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Gelatine | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ginger, ground | — | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice Cream | — | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jam, canned | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jelly tablets & crystals | — | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Margarine | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 3 | 7 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mincemeat | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Molasses | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Pickles | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rice | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sardines | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sausages & Sausage Meat | 8 | 8 | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Tea | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | - | — |
| Vinegar (malt) | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whisky | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Camphorated Oil | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glycerine | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quinine, Ammoniated, Tincture of | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sal Volatile | — | 6 | 6 | — | 3 | 3 | - | — |
| Totals | 11 | 91 | 102 | 5 | 6 | 11 | — | — |
CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
Work of this nature is carried out when required by H. Amphlett
Williams, Esq., Ph.D.(Lond.), A.C.G.F.C., F.R.I.C., Public Analyst, and
the Public Health Laboratory Service.
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