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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
Battersea 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The following tables give details of the articles of which samples were obtained for the purpose of analysis.
| Examined. | Adulterated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Sample. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
| Butter | 6 | 53 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cocoa. | - | 20 | 20 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Coffee | - | 12 | 12 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Cream | - | 32 | 32 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Flour | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Flour, Self-raising | - | 11 | 11 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Jam | - | 8 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Lard | - | 9 | 9 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Margarine | - | 10 | 10 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Marmalade | - | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Milk | 738 | - | 738 | 6 | - | 6 |
| „ Condensed (Full Cream) | - | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 |
| „ „ (Machine Skimmed) | - | 9 | 9 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mustard | - | 11 | 11 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Sugar | - | 25 | 25 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Tea | - | 18 | 18 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Vinegar | - | 10 | 10 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 2 | 35 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Other Articles | 2 | 178 | 180 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Total. | 748 | 452 | 1200 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
TABLE II. Drugs.
| Examined. | Adulterated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Sample. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
| Camphorated Oil | — | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Cream of Tartar | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Epsom Salts | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Iodine, Tincture | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ointment, Zinc | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Seidlitz powder | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 35 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 |