Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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25
Cheese (lbs.) 23
Cocoa Nuts 162
Cows (tuberculosis) 2
Dates(box) 1
Fish(lbs.) 183
Gooseberries (bushel)½
Herrings (barrel) 1
Herrings (box) 1
Mackerel (case) 1
Milk (tins) 421
Oranges (boxes) 170
Ox Tongue (jars) 2
Periwinkles (shell-fish) (sack) 2
Pigs' Carcases, etc. (tuberculosis) 6
Pigs' Offal (tuberculosis) 10
Pork Pies 6
Poultry 2
Rabbits 60
Salmon (whole) 10
Sardines (tins) 10
Sausages (lbs.) 4
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Each of the ten Sanitary Inspectors is appointed as an inspector under the above Acts, and
is instructed to take samples in any place in the Borough which is not within his own sanitary
district. During the year the Inspectors collected 745 samples, of which 27 (or 3.6 per cent.) were
adulterated
The samples collected were as follows:—
Nature of Sample. | Number Taken. | Number Adulterated. |
---|---|---|
Milk | 301 | 8 |
Sausages | 52 | 5 |
Vinegar | 51 | 3 |
Sweets | 24 | ... |
Butter | 50 | |
Pepper | 36 | ... |
Coffee | 33 | 2 |
Cocoa | 30 | ... |
Fish Paste | 12 | ... |
Tea | 20 | ... |
Wood Vinegar | 3 | ... |
Meat Paste | 13 | ... |
Boric Acid | 1 | ... |
Cocoa Mixture | 1 | ... |
Coffee and Chicory | 1 | ... |
Cornflour | 12 | |
Tapioca | 12 | ... |
Mustard Mixture | 8 | ... |
Mustard | 5 | 4 |
Sausage | 2 | 2 |
Coffee Mixture | 1 | ... |
Cheese | 12 | ... |
Dried Milk | 8 | ... |
Ham and Tongue Paste | 1 | ... |
Separated Milk | 1 | ... |
Borax | 12 | ... |
Baking Powder | 12 | ... |
Milk of Sulphur | 11 | ... |
Camphorated Oil | 8 | 1 |
Bloater Paste | 3 | ... |
Chicken and Ham Paste | 3 | 1 |
Salmon and Shrimp Paste | 2 | 1 |
Veal and Ham Paste | 1 | ... |
Pheasant Paste | 1 | ... |
Crab Paste | 1 | ... |
Precipitated Sulphur | 1 | ... |
Total | 745 | 27 |