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[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:
Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
Aspirin | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Baby food, canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Bacon | 1 | — | 1 | — | —— | — | — | — |
Beer | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Biscuits | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Bottle, Cream | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Brandy | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Bread | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Butter | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cake mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cereal food | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Coffee | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Coffee extract | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Confectionery: Sugar | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cough mixture | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Cream | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Custard powder | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Drink, soft | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Fish paste | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Flour self- raising | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fruit, canned | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fruit, dried | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | |
Fruit, fresh | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fruit juice (lemon) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Fruit pie | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Gin | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Halibut liver oil tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Ice cream | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
Ice lolly | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Jam | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
Jelly tablet | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Lager, canned | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Lemon meringue pie | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Margarine | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Marzipan | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Meat paste | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Meat products | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Meat products, canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Milk | 3 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Milk, evaporated | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Milk shake syrup | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Mincemeat | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pepper | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pickles | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Proprietary Medicine (Senakot) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Pudding mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Salt | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Sausages | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
Soup,canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Soup, preparation | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Spice (nutmeg) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Sugar | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Syrup, golden | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Tea | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Treacle | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Vegetables, canned | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
Vinegar | I | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Total | 31 | 79 | 110 | 2 | 8 | 10 | — | — |