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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
Surbiton 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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During the year the carcases and offal of twentyeight pigs
slaughtered in the Borough were inspected. It was found that one head
was affected with tuberculosis, one set of lungs with pneumonia and one
pluck with pleuro pneumonia.
The articles of food shown overleaf do not take into account the
considerable quantity of foodstuffs which had to be condemned as a result
of damage by enemy action.
The Sanitary Inspectors had of necessity to spend a great deal of
time in dealing with the contents of food shops which sustained war
damage during this year, and it is satisfactory to record that as a
result of their efforts it was possible by prompt action to salvage a
lot of food which might otherwise have been entirely lost.
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT.
The following is a summary of samples token during the year:-
| Articles | Analysed | Adulterated or below standard | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
| Milk | 60 | 60 | ||||||
| Sauces | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Gardall | ||||||||
| Fluid | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Salad Dressing Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lem-Lem | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Flavouring | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Coffee Extracts | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Cocoa | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Chocolate Cup | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cake Mixture | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Pancake Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Baking Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sagion | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Vinegar | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Elixir Jaffol | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Wine Essence | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Spice | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Saccharine | 2 | — | 2 | |||||
| Camphorated Oil | 1 | — | 1 | |||||
| Cough Mixture | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Cordials and Soft drinks | 5 | — | 5 | |||||
| Flour, S.R. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Soya Flour | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Mustard | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Fish Paste | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Tinned Peas | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sponge Pudding Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sardine and Tomato Paste | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Coffee | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Jam | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tincture of Iodine | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tea | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Piccalilli | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Curry Powder | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 82 | 37 | 119 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
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