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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

Lewisham 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: The following Table gives details of the samples analysed:—

The following Table gives details of the samples analysed:—

Arttcle.Number of Samples Examined.Number Adulterated, etc.
Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
Aniseed Essence-44---
Arrowroot—11———
Butter29092———
Baking Powder—55———
Boracic Ointment167—11
Coffee—1616———
Confectionery and Jam—1313———
Cream—1313———
Cocoa—1212——_
Camphorated Oil—77———
Cod Liver Oil—1212———
Cheese—66———
Cream of Tartar—55———
Cornflour—55———
Condensed Milk—55—--
Custard Powder—77———
Dripping—1010———
Flour—2020—11
Fruit (Dried & Canned—3535———
Glycerine and Borax—77———
Gregory Powder167—11
Ground Ginger—88———
Ice Cream—44———
Honey—33———
Lard—55———
Lemon Squash...—71———
Milk975—27512—12
Mustard—55———
Meat (Bacon)—44———
Margarine—66—-—
Orange Wine—55—-—
Olive Oil—55—-—
Preserved Vegetables—1212—-—
Paregoric—33—-—
Pepper—55—-—
Quinine—77———
Sulphur—33———
Soda. Bicarbonate—33———
Sausages756634610
Sugar—26•26—-—
Sweet Spirit of Nitre246224
Seidlitz Powder—55—-—
Sal Volatile—33—-—
Stout—11———
Spice, Mixed—1010———
Tincture of Iodine—33———
Tartaric Acid—11—-—
Tea—1010—--
Tapioca—55—--