Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1959
| Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
| Ale & Stout | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baby Food, (canned) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Baking powder | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Beverage | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Biscuits | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bread | - | 9 | 9 | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Butter | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cake Mixture | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coffee | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectionery: Flour | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sugar | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drink, soft | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish paste.. | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit, canned (pears) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit, glace (cherries) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit pie (apricot) | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Gin | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ginger, crystallised | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gravy preparation | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice lolly | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jam | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jelly tablet | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Margarine | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marmalade | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat products | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat products, canned | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 10 | 10 | 20 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Mincemeat | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oats, breakfast | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Proprietary food (Groats) | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Proprietary Medicine (Beechams powders) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puddings | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| R ice | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rum | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salad cream | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauce | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sausage rolls | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sausages | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Stuffing mixture | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sugar | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tea | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tomatoes, Canned | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tomato juice cocktail | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vinegar (malt) | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whisky | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wine, alcoholic | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 45 | 69 | 114 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 |