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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 1958
[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 | 199 | 179 | 378 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Milk, Dried | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | - |
| Milk Shake | - | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | __ |
| Milk, Tinned | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | - |
| Mint | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | - |
| Olive Oil | 4 | 3 | 7 | — | — | - |
| Pea Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | - |
| Pickles | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | - |
| Sandwich Spread | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | - |
| Sauces | 1 | 17 | 18 | — | — | - |
| Soft Drinks and Powder | 5 | 7 | 12 | — | — | - |
| Soups | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | - |
| Spices and Condiments | — | 24 | 24 | — | — | - |
| Stuffing | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | - |
| Suet | 1 | — | 1 | — | _ | - |
| Tea | 6 | 1 | 7 | _ | _ | - |
| Vinegar | 11 | _ | 11 | _ | _ | __ |
| Wines | 3 | _ | 3 | _ | _ | ___ |
| Yeast | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | - |
| Totals | 231 | 263 | 494 | 4 | — | 4 |
Drugs. The following table gives details of the drugs of which samples were obtained for the purpose of analysis:—
| Nature of Sample | EXAMINED | ADULTERATED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Bile Beans | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream of Tartar | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Glycerine | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Laxative | — | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | — |
| Linctus | 2 | — | 2 | _ | _ | — |
| Liquid Paraffin | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Oil, Camphorated | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Oil, Castor | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Ointment, Sulphur | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ointment, Zinc | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Pastilles | — | 2 | 2 | — | _ | — |
| Salts | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Seidlitz Powder | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Soda, Bicarbonate of | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Syrup of Figs | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tablets :— | ||||||
| Aspirin | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Digestive | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lime Sulphur | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Liquorice Compound | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Milk of Magnesia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Saccharin | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Soda Mint | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 4 | 58 | 62 | — | — | — |