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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
Hackney 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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| Bakers | 1 |
| Bakehouse | 1 |
| Butchers | 2 |
| Cafes and restaurants | 29 |
| Grocery and provisions | 35 |
| Public houses | 10 |
| Stalls | 1 |
| Itinerant vendor | 1 |
| Total | 80 |
There were five new applications for the Preparation or Manufacture of
Preserved food intended for sale and at the end of the year there were 163
premises registered.
FOOD SAMPLES - SUMMARY OF ANALYSES
| Description of Article | Formal | samples | Informal | samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken | Number Adulterated | Number taken | Number Adulterated | |
| Apple turnover | 1 | 1 | ||
| Asprin tablets | 9 | 2 | ||
| Baby foods | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Baking powder | 2 | |||
| Batter mix | 1 | |||
| Biscuits | 11 | 5 | ||
| Blancmange powder | 1 | |||
| Brandy | 1 | |||
| Bread | 7 | 3 | ||
| Butter | 4 | 9 | ||
| Cake mixes | 3 | |||
| Cheese | 8 | |||
| Christmas puddings | 3 | |||
| Chutney | 1 | 2 | ||
| Cocktail wine | 2 | |||
| Cocoa | 1 | |||
| Coconut, creamed | 2 | |||
| Coffee | 11 | |||
| Colourings | 5 | |||
| Cookeen | 4 | |||
| Cream, canned | 5 | |||
| fresh | 2 | |||
| Drinks, mineral-soft - etc., | 81 | |||
| Pish, canned | 23 | 1 | ||
| Flavouring essence | 20 | 1 | ||
| Flour | 2 | 13 | ||
| Fruit, bottled | 1 | |||
| canned | 29 | 1 | ||
| dried | 28 | |||
| fresh | 14 | |||
| Gin | 4 | |||
| Ginger, ground | 2 | |||
| Ice cream | 6 | 21 | ||
| Jellies | 1 | 15 | ||
| Lard | 11 | |||
| Liquid paraffin | 1 | |||
| Margarine | 1 | 13 | ||
| Marmite | 1 | |||
| Marzipan | 4 | |||
| C.F. | 24 | 366 | 15 |