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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
Deptford 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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Table V (Continued)
| Food | Number examined | Number Adulterated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Oats, Breakfast | – | 3 | r? | – | – | – |
| Olive Oil | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Paraffin, Medicinal | – | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Paraffin, Soft (Vaseline) | – | 1 | 1 | – – | – | – – |
| Pastry Mix | – – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Peel, Candied | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Pepper | – | 6 | 6 | – | = | – |
| Pepper Compound | – | 1 | – | – | ||
| Pickles | – | 10 | 10 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Potato Crisps | – – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Proprietary Foods (Bournvita, Ovaltine, Vitacup) | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Puddings, Christmas | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Saccharin Tablets | – | 5 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Salad Cream | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| Sal Volatile | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Salt | – | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | ■ |
| Sauce | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
| Sausages | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Seidlitz Powders | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Senna Pods | – – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Sherry | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Soda, Bi-carbonate of | – | 1 | – | – | ||
| Soup | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
| Soud. Canned | – | 18 | 18 | – | – | – |
| Soup, Powder | – | 6 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Spaghetti in Meat Sauce | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – – |
| Spices | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – – |
| Stuffing Mixture | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Suet, Shredded | – | 5 | I 5 | – | – | – |
| Sugar | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Sulphur Ointment | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Tartaric Acid | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tea | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | |
| Turpentine, Oil of | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Vegetables, Canned | – | 15 | 15 | – | – | – – |
| Vinegar (Malt) | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Wines, Alcoholic | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Wintergreen Ointment | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Yeast Tablets | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Zinc and Castor Oil Ointment | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 86 | 443 | 529 | 3 | 25 | 28 |