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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TABLE V Samples of Food Submitted for Anaylysis
Food | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Ale | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Almonds | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Almonds, Ground | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Arrowroot | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
Aspirin Tablets | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
Barley, Pearl | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – |
Biscuits | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
Bread and Breadcrumbs | – | 17 | 17 | – | 1 | 1 |
Bread Rolls, Buttered | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
Breakfast Cereal | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Butter | – | 9 | 9 | – | 1 | 1 |
Butter Beans | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Calamine Lotion | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cheese | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Cheese Spread | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Camphorated Oil | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Coffee Extract (liquid) | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Confectionery, Flour | – | 20 | 20 | – | – | – |
Confectionery, Sugar | – | 34 | 34 | – | – | – |
Cornflour | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cream | – | 11 | 11 | – | – | – |
Cake Mixture | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
Cloves | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cocoa | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Cooking Fat | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Custard Powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Dessert Powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Soft Drinks, Powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Soft Drinks | – | 5 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 |
Dripping | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Fish (tinned) | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Fish Paste (Tinned) | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Flour (Self-raising) | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Fruit (Canned) | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
Fruit (Dried) | – | 28 | 28 | – | 2 | 2 |
Fruit Juice | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | l |
Fruit (Bottled Cherries) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Fruit Pie | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Fish Cakes | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Fruit (Grapes) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Formalin Tablets | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Gee's Cough Linctus | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Gelatine | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Ginger, Ground | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Glycerine | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Gravy Preparation | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Herbs, Dried | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Honey | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Hydrogen Peroxide | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Ice Cream | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Ice Cream Powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Ice Lolly | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Icing Compound | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Isinglass | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Jam | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Jelly Crystals and Tablets | – | 16 | 16 | – | 1 | l |
Lemonade Powder | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Lozenges, Medicated | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Margarine | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Marzipan | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
Marmalade | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Meat Products (Meat Pies, Sausage rolls, etc.) | – | 35 | 35 | – | 1 | 1 |
Meat Products (Canned Meat) | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Milk (Including 1 Channel Island) | 12 | 30 | 42 | – | 1 | 1 |
Milk (Condensed) | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
Mustard | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Mincemeat | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Marcaroni | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Meat (Irish Stew, etc.) | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Menthol and Wintergreen Ointment | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Nuts, Tiger | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Nuts and Raisins | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |