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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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Table V (Continued)
| Food | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Nuts (mixed) | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Oats, Breakfast | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Oatmeal | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oil, Groundnut | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Olive Oil | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Paraffin, Medicinal | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Pastry, Uncooked | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Peanut, Butter | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Peanuts, Salted | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Peas, Split | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Peel, Candied | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pepper, Cayenne | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pepper | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Pickles | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Potato Crisps | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pudding (Christmas) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Pudding, Sponge Mixture | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Quinine, Ammoniated tincture of | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Rice Paper | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Rice | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Rusks | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Salad Cream | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Sauce (including mint in vinegar mixed fruit, etc.) | – | 14 | 14 | – | – | – |
| Sausages | – | 5 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Seidlitz Powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Senna Pods | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| salt | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sodamint Tablets | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Soda, Bicarbonate of | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Soup, Canned | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Soup, Preparation | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Spaghetti | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Spices, (Cloves, etc.) | – | 8 | 8 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Suet (Shredded) | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Stuffing (Mixture) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sugar | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Syrup, Golden | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Tapioca | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Tea | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Tomato Puree, Canned | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Tumeric | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Vegetables, Canned | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Vinegar | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Whisky | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Whitfield's Ointment | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Wine, Alcoholic | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 0 | 497 | 497 | 0 | 12 | 12 |