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Beddington and Wallington 1964
[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 1964
| Articles | No, Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Con-vict-ions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
| Aspirin Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | - | - |
| Baby Food, bottled | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Biscuits | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brandy | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bread | - | 7 | 7 | - | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| Butter | - | l | l | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cake and Pudding mixtures | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cheese | - | l | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chocolate mousse | - | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cocoa | - | l | l | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coffee extract (dry) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Confectionery, sugar | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cream | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Drinks, soft | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fish, canned (salmon) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flavouring (vanilla) | - | 1 | l | - | - | - | - | - |
| Flour (plain) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit (apples) | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit, canned | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit, dried | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fruit juice, canned | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice cream | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jam | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |
| Jelly tablets & compounds | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lard | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Margarine | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Marmalade | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat (steak) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat products | - | if | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meat products, canned | - | 3 | 3 | - | — | - | - | - |
| Meat paste | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Milk, evaporated | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Milk pudding, canned | - | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Pepper | - | l | 1 | - | - | - | — | - |
| Pickles (piccalilli) | - | l | 1 | - | - | - | - | — |
| Potato crisps | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Proprietary Foods | - | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Proprietary medicines | - | 2 | 2 | - | — | — | — | - |
| Pudding (Christmas) | - | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | — |
| Sausages and sausage meat | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | — | — |
| Soup, canned | - | 1 | l | - | — | — | — | — |
| Soup preparation | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | — | — | — |
| Spice (mixed) | - | 1 | l | - | — | — | — | — |
| Suet, shredded | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Tapioca flakes | 1 | - | 1 | - | — | — | — | — |
| Tomatoes, canned | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | — | — |
| Vegetables, canned | - | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | " |
| Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - |
| Yogurt | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | - |
| Zinc ointment | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | - | - |
| Total | 30 | 98 | 128 | 3 | 11 | 14 | - | - |
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