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Beddington and Wallington 1961
[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 | — | — |