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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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The following table gives details of samples submitted for analysis during the year:
| Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
| Ale & Stout | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baby Food, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beetroot Pickled, | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blackcurrant Syrup | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bread | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Bread & Butter | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butter | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cake Mixture | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheese | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coffee Extract | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectionery: Flour | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sugar | 4 | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cough Pastilles | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cream | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drink: soft orange | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish Cakes | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish & Chips | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish Paste | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit, Canned Apricots | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gin | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Herbs, Dried (Mixed) | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice lollipop | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lung syrup | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Macaroni Cheese | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Magnesia, Milk of | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Margarine | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat products | 3 | — | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 8 | 11 | 19 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Oil, Cooking | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Olive Oil | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pickle (Mixed Sweet) | — | I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Preserves | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Pudding, Christmas | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pudding, Plum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauce | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sausages | 6 | — | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soup | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sugar | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tea | 3 | — | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tomato Juice | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tomatoes, Canned | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vinegar | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whisky | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wine, alcoholic | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 61 | 46 | 107 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — |