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 VII. Action Taken in Respect of Food and Drug Irregularities.
Serial Number | Article | Formal Informal Private | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity | Observations. |
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1 | Instant Coffee | Informal | Consisted of a dried extract of coffee and contained Sulphur dioxide, 170 parts per million. | Taken up with wholesaler |
7 | Glace Cherries | Informal | Contained Sulphur dioxide, 70 parts per million, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label. | Taken up with wholesaler. |
39 | Saveloys | Informal | Contained Sulphur dioxide, 180 parts per million. | Taken up with maker. |
50 | Spirit of Sal Volatile, B.P.C. | Informal | The proportion of Ammonia (0-92%) was 17 per cent deficient. | Taken up with manufacturing chemists. |
46 | Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | Informal | The proportion of Ammonia (0-55%) was 35 per cent deficient. | Taken up with vendor. |
120 | Pork Luncheon Meat | Informal | Contained Meat, 70 per cent. | Taken up with vendor. |
293 | Rum Truffles | Informal | Contained no rum. | Obtained formal sample. |
256 | Currants | Informal | The sample had been attacked by insects and contained 12 live larvae of a species of Ephestia. | Taken from sale already by manager. |
283 | Glycerine, Honey, and Oil of Lemon | Informal | Contained Glycerine, only 1 per cent. | Wrote to manufacturer. |
302 | Ground Nutmeg | Informal | Contaminated by insects. | Wrote to packer. |
334 | Rum Truffles | Formal | Contained no alcohol. | Taken up with makers. |
381 | Strawberry Flavour Syrup | Informal | Contained Sulphur dioxide, 30 parts per million, and Benzoic acid, 440 parts per million. | Taken up with makers. |
401 | Glace Cherries | Informal | Contained Sulphur dioxide, 130 parts per million. | Taken up with packers. |
367 | Decolourised Tincture of lodine, B.P.C. 1934 | Informal | The proportion of lodine (3-8%) was 32 per cent excessive. | Taken up with manufacturing chemists. |
438 | Ammoniated Quinine, B.P. 1932 | Informal | The proportion of Quinine Sulphate (2.6%) was 30 per cent excessive and the proportion of Ammonia. (0-65%) 35 per cent deficient. | One remaining bottle taken from sale by manager from shop. |
371 | Rose Hip Syrup | Informal | The sample contained Sulphur dioxide, 220 parts per million, and artificial colouring matter, the presence of which was not disclosed on the label. | Taken up with manufacturing chemists. |
340 | Shredded Suet | Informal | Contained: Fat -82 per cent. Flour—18 per cent. | Taken up with packers. |