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 Analysis
Food | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Ale | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Almonds, Ground | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Arrowroot | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Antiseptic, "Milton" | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Angelica | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Aspirin | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Biscuits | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
Bread | – | 11 | 11 | – | – | – |
Breadcrumbs | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Butter | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Bacon | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Beans, Haricot | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Beverage ("Bourn-Vita") ("Milo") | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Camphorated Oil | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Cheese | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Cheese roll | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cheese Spread | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Coffee extracts (dry) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Coffee extracts (liquid) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Coffee essence | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Confectionery, Flour | – | 32 | 32 | – | 1 | 1 |
Confectionery, Sugar | – | 23 | 23 | – | 1 | 1 |
Cream | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
Cake and Pudding Mixture | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Cake Decorations | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Calamine Lotion | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Cereal Baby Food | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Chocolate, Drinking | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cocoa | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Coconut, Desiccated | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Cooking Fat | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cornflour | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Curry Powder | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Drinks (Soft) | – | 6 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 |
Fish (canned) | – | 16 | 16 | – | – | – |
Fish (bottled) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Fish Paste (Salmon Spread), etc. | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Flour (Self-raising) | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Fruit (Canned) | – | 10 | 10 | – | – | – |
Fruit (Dried) | – | 16 | 16 | – | 2 | 2 |
Fruit Juice (Canned) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Fruit Pie and Tarts | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Fruit Curd (Lemon) | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Flavouring Essence | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Garlic | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Gelatine | – | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 |
Gee's Linctus | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Gravy Preparation | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Herbs, Dried (Mint) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Honey | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Horseradish, Grated | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
lodine, Tincture of (including 1 decolourised tincture) | – | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 |
Ice Cream | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Jam | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Jelly Crystals and Tablets | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Lard | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Lentils | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Macaroni | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
Margarine | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Marmalade | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Meat Products (canned—Luncheon meat, brawn, etc.) | – | 14 | 14 | – | – | – |
Meat products (sausage rolls, pasties, etc.) | – | 19 | 19 | – | – | – |
Meat Paste | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Milk (including sterilised) | – | 60 | 60 | – | – | – |
Milk (condensed, machine skimmed sweetened) | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Mincemeat I | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Molasses | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Mustard (including prepared) | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |