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 Lambeth Borough]
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Food and Drugs.—continued.
Samples | Formal | Informal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number Analysed | Number Adulterated | Number Analysed | Number Adulterated | |
Salt (Table) | — | — | 3 | — |
Sauce | — | — | 15 | — |
Sausages | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
Sausages (Preserved) | — | — | 2 | — |
Sausage Rolls | — | — | 4 | — |
Sherbet | — | — | 6 | — |
Soup Powder | — | — | 3 | — |
Spice, Mixed | — | — | 6 | — |
Suet, Shredded | — | — | 6 | — |
Sugar | — | — | 12 | — |
Tapioca | — | — | 12 | — |
Tea | — | — | 33 | — |
Vegetables, Tinned | — | — | 15 | — |
Vinegar | 15 | — | — | — |
Wine, British | — | — | 1 | — |
Wine, Port | 1 | — | — | — |
Yeast | — | — | 3 | — |
Totals | 798 | 22 | 1,202 | 14 |
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Under the Compulsory Notification Sections of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, and the Orders and Regulations made
thereunder 5,389 cases of infectious diseases (excluding tuberculosis)
were reported during the year. This number is more than
the number (2,114) reported in the previous year, a large proportion
being attributable to measles.