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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
Lambeth 1938
[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 | |
| Bunflour | - | - | 5 | - |
| Butter | 36 | — | 166 | 1 |
| Cake | — | _ | 2 | _ |
| Cakes, Sponge | — | — | 12 | _ |
| Cheese | — | — | 12 | _ |
| Cheese, Wrapped | — | — | 9 | _ |
| Chocolate Powder | — | _ | 1 | _ |
| Cocoa | — | _ | 26 | |
| Coconut, Degsiccated | —. | _ | 4 | - |
| Coffee | _ | _ | 18 | _ |
| Coffee and Chicory | — | — | 3 | _ |
| Coffee and Chicory Extract | — | — | 6 | _ |
| Confectionery | — | — | 11 | _ |
| Cooking Fat | — | — | 6 | _ |
| Corn Flakes | — | — | 1 | _ |
| Cornflour | — | _ | 6 | _ |
| Cream | — | _ | 10 | _ |
| Cream, Tinned | — | _ | 7 | _ |
| Curry Powder | — | — | 9 | 3 |
| Custard Powder | — | — | 6 | _ |
| Dripping | 1 | 1 | 18 | — |
| Drugs :— | ||||
| Acid, Boric | — | — | 6 | _ |
| Acid, Citric | — | _ | 6 | _ |
| Acid, Tartaric | — | — | 3 | _ |
| Almond Oil | — | — | 6 | _ |
| Alum | — | — | 6 | — |
| Aspirin | — | — | 6 | — |
| Borax | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Camphorated Oil | — | — | 6 | — |
| Castor Oil | — | — | 3 | — |
| Cod Liver Oil | 2 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Cream of Tartar | — | — | 4 | — |
| Epsom Salts | — | — | 18 | — |
| Eucalyptus Oil | — | - | 3 | — |
| Friars Balsam | — | —. | 3 | — |
| Glauber's Salts | — | — | 3 | — |
| Gregory's Powder | — | — | 3 | — |
| Iodine Solution | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Liniment Oil of Wintergreen | — | — | 1 | — |
| Linseed Crushed | — | — | 3 | — |
| Magnesium Carbonate | — | — | 3 | — |
| Magnesium Citrate | — | — | 3 | — |
| Ointment, Boric | - | - | 6 | 1 |