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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 1955
[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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Baking Powder | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Blancmange Powder | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Bread | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Butter | 33 | – | 33 | 2 | – | 2 |
| Cake and Pudding Mixture | – | 13 | 13 | – | – | – |
| Cereal Preparations | 1 | 12 | 13 | – | – | |
| Cheese | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | |
| Cider Vinegar | 1 | – | 1 | – | ||
| Cocoa | 1 | ? | 4 | – | – | |
| Coconut, Desiccated | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Coffee | 4 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 4 | 2 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Confectionery Flour | 4 | 8 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Confectionery Sugar | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cream, Tinned | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Custard Powder | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Fish Paste | – | 16 | 16 | – | – | – |
| Flavourings | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Flour, Self Raising | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – |
| Foam Crystals | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Food-Colour | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Fruit, Dried | 8 | – | 8 | – | – | – |
| Fruit Preserving Tablets | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | |
| Gelatine | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Gin | 11 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Glucose | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Golden Raising Powder | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Gravy Preparations | – | 10 | – | – | – | |
| Ice Cream | 6 | — | 6 | – | – | – |
| Jams and Preserves | 5 | 6 | 11 | – | – | – |
| Jelly | 9 | 3 | 12 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Junket Preparations | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Lard and other Fats | 19 | – | 19 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Lemonade Crystals | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Margarine | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Meat Preparations:— | ||||||
| Beef, Minced | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Black Pudding | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Faggots | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Meat Extract | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Meat Paste | – | 14 | 14 | – | – | – |
| Meat Pies | 3 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Sausages | 26 | – | 26 | 1 | – | 1 |
| Sausage, Breakfast | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sausage, Liver | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Sausage, Luncheon | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sausage Rolls | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Savoury Rolls | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Milk | 100 | 100 | 3 | – | 3 | |
| Carried forward | 245 | 152 | 397 | 8 | 3 | 1 |