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 Deptford Borough]
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Food and Drugs—Samples Taken.
Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aspirin tablets | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Beer | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Bicarbonate of soda | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Brawn, pork | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Butter | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Boracic ointment, B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Biscuits, chocolate | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Beef, minced | 9 | 1 | 10 | 10 |
Beef | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cake | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cocoa | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Cocktail (non-alcoholic) | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Dripping | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Fish paste | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Milk | 227 | 14 | 241 | 5•8 |
Mustard pickle | .. | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Pepper | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Pork and beans, with tomato sauce | .. | 2 | 2 | 100 |
Rum | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Sausages | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Spirts | 13 | 2 | 15 | 13 |
Sweets | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 |
Vinegar | 5 | 2 | 7 | 28• 5 |
Wine, non-alcoholic | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Zinc ointment, B.P. | .. | 2 | 2 | 100 |
Total formal samples . | 295 | 28 | 323 | 8•7 |
Bacon | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
Beans, with pork and tomato sauce | 2 | .. | .. | |
Bicarbonate of soda | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Butter | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Boracic ointment, B.P. | .. | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Cherries, glace | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Coconut, desiccated | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Coffee | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Coffee and chicory extract | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Cornflour | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Cream, tinned | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33•3 |
Currants and sultanas | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
Curry Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Damsons, bottled | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Dates | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Fat, cooking | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Carried forward | 34 | 2 | 36 |