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]
This page requires JavaScript
FOOD ANALYSES
The following table gives details of samples submitted for analysis during the year:
Totals 1960
Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
Ale | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Blancmange powder | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bread | — | 6 | 6 | — | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Butter | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Coffee essence | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Confectionery Sugar | 1 | 14 | 15 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cream | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Curry powder | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Drink, soft | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fish cakes, frozen | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fish paste | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Flour (plain) | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Fruit, canned | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gin | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gravy preparation | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ice cream | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ice lolly | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jam | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jelly tablet | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lard | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Margarine | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meat (minced beef) | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meat products | — | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meat products, canned | — | 6 | 6 | -— | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Milk | 8 | 7 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — |
Milk, condensed | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Milk, evaporated | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Peel, candied | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Proprietary Medicine | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Rum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Salad cream | - | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Sausages | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Soup, canned | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Spices | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Suet, shredded | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — |
Sugar | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tapioca | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vegetables, canned | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vinegar | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Whisky | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 35 | 70 | 105 | 2 | 12 | 14 | — | — |