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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]
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FOOD ANALYSES
The following table gives details of samples submitted for analysis
during the year:
Totals 1958
Food analyses
The following table gives details of samples submitted for 3analysis during the year.
Table 1958
| Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
| Ale & Stout | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baby Food, (carrots) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beer, Canned | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Black Pudding | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brandy | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bread | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Bun | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Butter | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cake Mixture | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Castor Oil | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherry Brandy | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cocoa | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coffee & Chicory essence | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectionery: Flour | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sugar | 3 | 5 | 8 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Cream | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Curry powder | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drink, soft | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish canned | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flavouring essence | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flour self raising | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit (apples) Fruit, can'd (strawberries) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| -- | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fruit curd (lemon) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gin | - | i | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Honey | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice lollipop | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jam (plum) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jelly tablet | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lard | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Margarine | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat product (steak pies) | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat product, canned | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Medicines | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 15 | 9 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk, evaporated | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Olive Oil | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pepper | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pickle | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Proprietary food (Instant postum) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rice | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rum | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sausages | 4 | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soup, canned | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suet, shredded | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Sugar | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syrup, golden | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tapioca flakes | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tea | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tomatoes, Canned | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vegetables, canned (peas) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vinegar | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Whisky | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yoghourt | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 59 | 51 | 110 | 4 | 5 | 9 | - | - |