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 Lewisham Borough]
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The following table gives details of the samples analysed:—
Article. | No. of Samples Examined. | No. of Samples Adulterated, etc. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Baking Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Borax & Glycerine | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
„ & Honey | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
Brandy | 13 | — | 13 | — | — | — |
Butter | — | 34 | 34 | — | — | — |
Camphorated Oil | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Cocoa | — | 17 | 17 | — | — | — |
Cod Liver Oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coffee | — | 17 | 17 | — | — | — |
Cornflour | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
Cream | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
Cream of Tartar | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Fish, Canned | — | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 |
„ potted | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Flour, Self-raising | — | 27 | 27 | — | — | — |
Friar's Balsam | _ | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Fruit, Canned | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
„ Crystalised | _ | 20 | 20 | — | — | — |
„ Dried | 1 | 57 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gin | 27 | — | 27 | — | — | — |
Ginger, Ground | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Honey | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
Jam & Marmalade | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | — |
Lard | — | 18 | 18 | — | — | — |
Linseed, Crushed | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Margarine | — | 22 | 22 | — | — | — |
Meat | 2 | 39 | 41 | — | — | — |
Milk | 210 | 1 | 211 | 9 | — | 9 |
Milk, Condensed | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Mincemeat | — | 15 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Mustard | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Ointment, Boric | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
„ Carbolic | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
„ Zinc | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Olive Oil | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Paregoric | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Pepper | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Powder, Custard | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Gregory | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Rice | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Rum | 8 | — | 8 | — | — | — |
Sal Volatile | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Sausages | 1 | 62 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Spices | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
Sugar | — | 26 | 26 | — | — | — |
Sweet Spirit of Nitre | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |