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 Battersea Borough]
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Nature of Sample | Examined | Adulterated | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Apple Pulp | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Arrowroot | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Baking Powder | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Beverages | 16 | 6 | 22 | — | — | — |
Bun & Cake Mixture | 1 | 28 | 29 | — | — | — |
Cereal Preparations | 4 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — |
Chewing Gum | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory Essences | 1 | 8 | 9 | — | — | — |
Cooking Compound | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Cooking Fat | 15 | — | 15 | — | — | — |
Custard Powder | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
Fish Paste | — | 45 | 45 | — | — | — |
Flavouring Essence | — | 17 | 17 | — | — | — |
Fru-Bar | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Fruit, Dried | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
Gelatine | — | 16 | 16 | — | — | — |
Golden Raising Powder | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Gravy Preparations | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | — |
Jelly | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Lemon Crystals | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
Meat Preparations- | ||||||
Black Pudding | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Meat Extract | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
„ Paste | — | 44 | 44 | — | — | — |
„ Pie | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
Meat and Vegetable Cubes | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Mustard Preparations | — | 11 | 11 | — | — | — |
Oils, Edible— | ||||||
Olive Oil | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Tea Seed Oil | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Pastries, Jam Tarts | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Pea Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Pickles and Sauces | 13 | 45 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Pudding Mixture | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | — |
Rissoles | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Soup, Canned | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | — |
„ Packet | — | 16 | 16 | — | — | — |
Soya Flour | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
Spices & Condiments | — | 71 | 71 | — | — | — |
Tablets— | ||||||
Fruit Preserving | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Malted | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Saccharin | — | 11 | 11 | — | — | — |
Table Dessert | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Vegetable Extract | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Total | 72 | 433 | 505 | 1 | 1 | 2 |