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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 1964
[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 | 47 | 251 | 298 | — | 11 | 11 |
| Salad Cream | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sandwich Spread | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Semolina | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Shandy, Canned | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soups | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | — |
| Spaghetti, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Spaghetti, Bolognes | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Spices | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Spirits | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Stuffing | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Tapioca | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tomato Puree and Paste | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Turmeric | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Vegetable Salad | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Yeast Extract | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 50 | 304 | 354 | — | 11 | 11 |
| Nature of Sample | EXAMINATED | ADULTERATED | ||||
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Aspirin Tablets, Soluble | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Aspro Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Beecham's Pills | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ |
| Bisurated Magnesia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Camphorated Oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Codeine Tablets,compound | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cough Mixture | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | —- |
| Cream of Tartar | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Dyspepsia Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ferrous Gluconate Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Glycerin of Borax | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Halibut Liver Oil Capsules | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | —- |
| Indigestion Tablets | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | —- |
| Iodine, Tincture of | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Kruschen Salts | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | —- |
| Linseed Lozenges | _ | 1 | 1 | — | _ | — |
| Liquid Paraffin | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | —- |
| Milk of Magnesia | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Nipits | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paracetamol Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Phensic Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pholcodine Linctus | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Rheumatic Tablets | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Seidlitz Powders | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Sodamint Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sweets, Medicated | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 4 |
| Totals | — | 35 35 | — | 4 | ||