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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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| Sample | Articles | Analysed | Adulterated,below standard or improperly labelled, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | ||
| 770 | Chop Sauce | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 779 | Lemon"suckers" | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 700/2 | Lemonade Powder | - | 3 | 3 | |||
| 783 | Sherbert ??? | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 791 | Sausages | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 792 | Veg. and Cereal Sausage | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 794 | Saccharin tablets | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 795 | ayonnaise | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 796 | Sandwich spread | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 797 | Beef & Tomato Paste | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 790 | Malt. etc .Bars | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 800/1) | |||||||
| 807/3) | Sago | - | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 2 |
| 809 | Meat Pie | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 810 | Coffee Chicory Extract | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 811 | Medicinal Liquid Paraffin | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 812 | Headache tablets | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 813 | Borax Honey | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 814 | Alcoholic Green Ginger Wine | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 818 | Light Ale | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 819) | |||||||
| 820) | Beer | 3 | - | 3 | |||
| 823) | |||||||
| 821 | Whisky | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 822 | Gin | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| 832 | Sweetened Dessert Powder | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 833 | Line Juice Cordis | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 834 | Coffee & Chicory Essence | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 835 | Malt Vinegar | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 836 | Salad Cream | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| 837 | Fish Paste | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| 53 | 60 | 113 | Nil | 0 | 8 | ||
There were no prosecutions,
samples was as follows:-
Action taken on non-genuine
729 (Informal)
Chop Sauce
730 (Informal)
Tomato Sauce
731 (Informal)
Apple Pulp
732 (Infor alj_
Apple Pulo
Sample contained Sulphur dioxide
280 parts per million by weight.
Sample contained Sulphur dioxide
150 parts per million by weight.
Sample contained Sulphur dioxide
1700 parts per million by weight
Sample contained Sulphur dioxide
1550 parts per million by weight.
The above samples were taken to follow up informal samples
31.