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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 1957
[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 | |
| Brought forward ... | 239 | 165 | 404 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Olive Oil | 1 | – | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| Pea Flour | – | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| Pepper | – | 5 | 5 | – | _ | _ |
| Pickles | – | 5 | 5 | _ | _ | _ |
| Sandwich Spread | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Sauces | 2 | 7 | 9 | _ | _ | _ |
| Soft Drinks | 7 | 5 | 12 | _ | _ | _ |
| Soups | – | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
| Spices and Condiments | – | 21 | 21 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Stuffing | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Suet | 3 | – | 3 | _ | _ | _ |
| Sugar | 1 | – | 1 | – | _ | _ |
| Tea | 2 | 2 | 4 | _ | – | 1 |
| Vegetables, Tinned | — | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Vinegar | 11 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — |
| Wines, British | 4 | – | 4 | _ | _ | — |
| Yeast Extract | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| Yoghourt | — | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 270 | 242 | 512 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Drags. The following table gives details of the drugs of which samples obtained for the purpose of analysis:—
| Nature of Sample | EXAMINED | ADULTERATED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Cream of Tartar | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Glycerine | – | 1 | 1 | _ | — | — |
| Iodine, Tincture of | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | _ |
| Laxative | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | _ |
| Linctus | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Oil, Camphorated | – | 6 | 6 | _ | _ | – |
| Oil, Castor | – | 6 | 6 | — | _ | _ |
| Ointment, Sulphur | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | |
| Ointment, Zinc | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 |
| Paraffin, Liquid | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Rose Hip and Orange | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Salts, Epsom | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | – |
| Salts, Glauber | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | –_ |
| Seidlitz Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Senna Pods | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | — | — |
| Soda, Bicarbonate of | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Tablets:— Aspirin | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Milk of Magnesia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soda Mint | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| Totals | 4 | 43 | 47 | – | 2 | 2 |