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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The following tables give details of the articles of food of which samples were obtained for the purpose of analysis.
Nature of Sample | Examined | Adulterated | ||||
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Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Baking Powder | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Barley Crystals | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Bread | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Butter | 16 | — | 16 | 1 | — | 1 |
Cake and Pudding Mixture | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
Cereal Preparations | 9 | 14 | 23 | — | 1 | 1 |
Cocoa | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
Coconut, Desiccated | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Coconut, Sweetened | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coffee | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory Essence | 8 | 3 | 11 | — | — | — |
Confectionery Flour | 21 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — |
Confectionery Sugar | 18 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Cream, double | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cream, single | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cream, tinned | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Custard Powder | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Fish Cakes | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Fish Paste | 1 | 14 | 15 | — | — | — |
Flavouring | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Fruit, tinned | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Fruit Preserving Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Gelatine | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Ginger, ground | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Glucose | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Golden Raising Powder | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Gravy Preparations | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Ice Cream | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Jam | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
Jelly | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | 1 | 1 |
Jelly Crystals | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Junket Preparations | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Lard | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Lemonade Crystals | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Lemon Juice | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Marmalade | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Mayonnaise | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Carried forward | 93 | 99 | 192 | 6 | 4 | 10 |