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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

Bethnal Green 1922

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1922

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38
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.

Table: SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

Article.Samples taken formally.Samples taken informally.Total Number of Samples taken.
No. taken.Genuine.Adulterated.No. taken.Genuine.Adulterated.
Milk3333141918126351
Butter135133213112148
Jam58562.........58
Vinegar3030...11...31
Margarine24222.........24
Coffee2424............24
Cocoa1212...55...17
Cream7...711...8
Preserved Cream22............2
Pepper77............7
Tinned Peas4...42116
Flour44...11...5
Mustard55............5
Dripping44............4
Cheese44............4
Breakfast Sausage33............3
Nut Oil33............3
Lime Juice Cordial3...3.........3
Chocolate22............2
Condensed Milk.........22...2
Sponge Cake.........1...11
Camphorated Oil.........11...1
Lard11............1
Olive Oil11............1
Meat Pie11............1
Preservative Powder.........11...1
Ginger Wine.........1...11
Ground Ginger11............1
Totals66862741473611715

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Prosecutions were instituted in respect of 32 of
the 41 formal samples which were reported to be
adulterated, but in one case the summons was withdrawn
in view of proceedings against the wholesaler.
Full details are set forth in the following table:—