London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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| Nature of Sample | Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowroot | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Baking Mixture | - | 15 | 15 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Baking Powder | - | 10 | 10 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cereal Preparations | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chocolate Preparations | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cocoa Preparations | - | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | - | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Cooking Fat | 8 | - | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Curry Powder | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Fish, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Fish Paste | — | 57 | 57 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Flavouring Essences | — | 16 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Fruit, Dried | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | |
| Gelatine | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Golden Raising Powder | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Gravy Preparations | — | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Ground Ginger | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Herbs and Stuffing | — | 14 | 14 | — ■ | 1 | 1 |
| Jelly | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Junket Preparations | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Lemonade Crystals | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Lime-juice Substitute | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meat Extract | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Meat Paste | 1 | 46 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Meat Pies | 6 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Mustard Preparations | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Oatmeal | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pea Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Pepper | — | 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Pickles and Sauces | — | 41 | 41 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Powder, Blancmange | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Powder, Custard | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Pudding Mixtures | — | 12 | 12 | — ' | 0 | 0 |
| Soup, Canned | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Soup Powder | — | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Spices and Condiments | - | 30 | 30 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Table Dessert | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tablets, Fruit Preserving | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tablets, Saccharin | — | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tomato Savoury | 1 | — | I | 0 | — | 0 |
| Vita-Cup | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 409 | 441 | 2 | 7 | 6 |