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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 1962
[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 | |||
| Arrowroot | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Baby food | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Biscuits | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bread | - | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Breakfast cereal | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Butter | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cake mixture | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Calf's foot jelly | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cocoa | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coffee & Chicory essence | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectionery: flour | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectionery: Sugar | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cream | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drink, soft | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dripping | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish (fingers) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish, potted | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flavouring essence | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flavouring syrup | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Fruit, (greengages) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit pie filling canned . | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gin | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Honeycomb | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice lolly | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jam | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jelly tablet | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Margarine | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat products | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat products, canned | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 3 | 11 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk, dried full cream | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk, evaporated | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mincemeat | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mussels, bottled | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pickles | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Proprietary Medicine | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pudding, Christmas | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Salad cream | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sauce | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sausages | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Spread (patum peperium) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stout | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuffing Mixture | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tea | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Vinegar, malt | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whisky | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yeast tablets | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yogurt | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 25 | 75 | 100 | 1 | 7 | 8 | - | - |