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 Holborn Borough]
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A total of 492 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 339 were formal samples and 153 were informal.
Article | Number of Samples purchased |
---|---|
Baking Powder | 1 |
Beer, Wines and Spirits | 3 |
Bourn-Vita | 1 |
Bread | 2 |
Butter | 2 |
Cake Mixture | 2 |
Cakes | 1 |
Cheese | 2 |
Chocolate Drink | 1 |
Cocktail Cherries | 1 |
Cocoa | 2 |
Coffee | 5 |
Condiments | 17 |
Confectionery | 9 |
Cooking Fat | 1 |
Cream, tinned | 7 |
Desiccated Coconut | 1 |
Drugs and Medical Preparations | 10 |
Essences and Flavourings | 2 |
Fish, tinned, and Fish Paste | 11 |
Flour | 2 |
French Capers in Vinegar | 1 |
Fruits, fresh, tinned and preserved | 11 |
Fruit Pie | 3 |
Gelatine | 1 |
Ground Almonds | 3 |
Ice Cream | 36 |
Jams and Preserves | 3 |
Jellies | 3 |
Lemon Juice | 1 |
Margarine | 4 |
Marzipan | 2 |
Meat and Meat Preparations | 62 |
Milk | 197 |
Mincemeat | 1 |