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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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FOOD ANALYSES
Number of samples analysed by Public Analyst 107
Number of samples reported against 3
The following table gives details of the samples obtained within this district during the year:
Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
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Formal. | Informal. | Total | Formal. | Informal. | Total | |||
Aspirin Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Beverages | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Bread | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cake mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cocoa | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Codeine Tablets. Compound | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Coffee Essence | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Confectionery, Flour | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
„ , Sugar | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cough Syrup | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cough Mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cream | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Dripping | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fish, canned | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Flavouring Essence | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fruit, canned | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
,, , dried | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fruit juice | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Gin | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Ice cream | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
Ice Lollies | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Jam | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
Jelly Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Lard | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Marmalade | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Meat, canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Milk | 16 | 10 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
„ , condensed | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Mincemeat | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Olive Oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pepper | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pickles | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pudding, Christmas | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pudding Mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Rum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Salad Cream | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Sauce | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Sausages | 5 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Soda, Bicarbonate of | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Soup, canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Spice, mixed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Suet, Shredded | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Tea | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Tomatoes, canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Vinegar | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Whisky | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 41 | 66 | 107 | I | 2 | 3 | — | — |
FACTORIES
Number of factories on register (including bakehouses) 143
Number of inspections 119
Number of defects discovered and remedied 8
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