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 | |
Almonds | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Baking Powder | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
Batter Mixture | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Bovril | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Bread | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
Butter | 21 | _ | 21 | 1 | _ | 1 |
Cake and Pudding Mixture | — | 28 | 28 | — | — | — |
Caraway Seeds | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cereal Preparations | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | —- |
Cheese Spread | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chicken, Minced | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chocolate Spread | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Cocoa | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
Coconut | _ | 6 | 6 | _ | _ | — |
Coffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory Essence | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — |
Colouring | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Confectionery, Flour | 13 | — | 13 | — | — | — |
Confectionery, Sugar | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — |
Custard Powder | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
Fish Paste | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
flavouring | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Flour | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
Fruit, Dried | 9 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 1 |
Fruit, Preserved | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Gelatine | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Glucose Tablets | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Golden Raising Powder | — | 4 | 4 | — | ,— | — |
Gravy Preparations | _ | 9 | 9 | _ | _ | — |
Herbs, Mixed | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Honeycomb Mould | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Ice Cream | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Instant Whip | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
James and Preparations | 2 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — |
Jellies and Blancmanges | 6 | 13 | 19 | — | — | — |
Junket Preparations | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Lard and other Fats | 14 | — | 14 | — | — | — |
Margarine | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Mayonnaise | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Meat Preparations:— | ||||||
frankfurters | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Meat Paste | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
Meat Pie | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Sausages | 21 | — | 21 | 1 | — | 1 |
Sausage, Liver | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Sausage Meat | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Sausage Rolls | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Milk | 93 | — | 93 | — | — | — |
Carried forward | 199 | 179 | 378 | 4 | — | 4 |