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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

Paddington 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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appendix: samples taken under the sale of food and drugs acts, etc.
office (clerical) work.

Table: TABLE XXVII.Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, etc.

TABLE XXVII.Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, etc.

Total.Found Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
191919201919192019191920
Milk4043312947.21.2
Cream...6............
Butter1126...1...3.8
Margarine4024......2.5...
Lard1937............
Coffee822............
Cocoa1110............
Jam...6............
Bice8...............
Arrowroot11...............
Vinegar2125......4.8...
Mustard47............
Pepper38............
Olive Oil55............
Brawn...1............
Sausages...12............
Mincemeat...2............
Chocolate1...............
Bread1713............
Cornflour1...............
Flour1221............
Salt...1............
Sugar...38............
Tea...1............
Lime Juice5...............
Camphorated Oil...4............
Glycerine7...............
Castor Oil4...............
Tartaric Acid5...............
Cream of Tartar3...............
6006003155.1.8

Table: TABLE XXVIII. Office (Clerical) Work.

TABLE XXVIII. Office (Clerical) Work.

Averages 1914-18.1919.1920.
Letters Beceived3,6304,2646,166
„ Despatched3,1274,3236,730
Entries in Postage Book8,6568,93012,351
Certificates dealt with relating to cases of Infectious
Disease (incl. Consumption)3,5752,9753,239
Notices sent re above and other diseases6,0605,4556,173
Entries in Register of Births2,4902,3863,489
Complaints Received8011,0711,424
Plans dealt with191267297
New Openings in Journal341358353
Disinfection Orders (Duplicate)3,7552,8913,350
Notices to abate Nuisance, etc.1,118525636