[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Rugby Borough.
- Rugby (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Rugby Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Food and Drugs. Two hundred and twenty-five samples of food and drugs were submitted to the Public Analyst for chemical analysis and the table given below summarises the results obtained and the action taken Formal Tnfor mal | A rticle Gen¬ uine Adult¬ erated Gen¬ uine Adult¬ erated Action Taken Almond Paste 1 -- 1 — Baking Powder — — 1 — Baydreneph Cream — — 1 — Blackcurrant Cordial — — 1 — Boric Lint .. — — 1 1 No. 196. Deficient. Formal sample to be taken. British Sherry 1 — •—- — Butter 9 — — — Celery Cheese — — 1 — Cheese Spread — — 2 — Cherries — — 1 — Chest and Throat Tablets — — 1 — Cliilva Elixir — — — 1 No. 188. Unsatisfactory Formula. Vendors written. Coconut Ice — — 1 — Col'fee — — 2 — Coffee Essence — — 7 — Cold Capsules — — 1 — Cooking Fat 1 — 1 — Cornflour — — o jL. — Devilled Ham — . - 1 — Dextrosal Tablets — — — 1 No. 145. Labelling Offence. Reported to M.O.F. Dressed Crab — — 1 — Dressed Salmon — — 1 — Dried Yeast — 1 — — No. 10. Contained Excess Arsenic. Vendor warned. Fish Cakes — — 1 — Flour — — 5 — Gelatine Powder . . — — i — Golden Raising Powder . . — — i — Ground Almonds . . — — 3 1 No. 201. Unsatisfactory. Vendor warned. Ground Nuts — — 1 — High Protein Food — — 1 — Honey — -— 1 — Ice Cream . . — — 10 — Jam . — — 5 — Jelly . — — 2 — Jelly Cream — — 1 — Jelly Crystals — — 2 — Lemon Curd — — 1 — Licorice Toffee 1 — — — Lime ] uice Cordial — — 1 — Malt Vinegar — — 2 — Marmalade — — 1 — Meat Paste — — 3 — Milk . 74 12 No. 22. Fat Deficient. Vendor warned. Nos. 25—35 contained added water. “ Appeal to the cow ” samples Genuine. Vendor prosecuted and fined. Minced Chicken — — 1 No. 212. Unsatisfactory. Formal sample to be taken. Mincemeat .. — — 4 — Mustard — — 1 — Orange Curd — — — 1 No. 194. Deficient Formal sample to be taken. Pastry — — 1 — Pickled Herrings . . — — 1 — Pineapple Juice .. — — 1 — Prepared Mustard — — 1 — Rice Custard Powder — — 1 — Rubbing Oil — — 1 — Sago . — — 1 — Salad Cream — — 1 — Sauce — — 1 — Sausages, Beef 7 — — — Sausages, Pork (-> 4 No. 6. Slightly below standard. No. 58. 5'5% deficient. No. 59. 8'5% deficient. No. 173. 14% deficient. All vendors warned. Soya Flour.. — — 1 Steak and Onion Roll — — 1 — Sunny Spread — — 1 — Synthetic Cream .. — — 1 — Tincture of Iodine — 1 — 1 No. 87. Unsatisfactory. Formal taken —unsatisfactory. Stock withdrawn. Tomato Chutney . . — — 1 — Tomato Ketchup . . — — 1 •— Tomato Soup — — 1 — Tonic Tablets 1 — — 1 No. 71. Unsatisfactory. Formal taken -—genuine. Whipping Compound — — 1 — Whisky 6 — — — Zinc and Castor Oil — — 1 — Total 107 18 92 8](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30046373_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
