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St Pancras 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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(c)—FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928. 800 samples have been taken under this Act, of which 466 were formal and 334 informal. Of the formal, 452 proved to be genuine, and 14, or 3.0 per cent., adulterated; and of the informal, 309 were genuine and 25, or 7.5 per cent., adulterated.

Articles of food of which samples have been taken.Total number of samples.Genuine.Adulterated.
FormalInformalFormalInformalFormalInformal
Arrowrcot11
Bacon_10__10_
Beans (baked)_1_1__
(canned)1_1__
Beef (minced)6_6__
Brawn_2_2__
Bread and Butter_1_1__
Brimstone and Treacle_1_1_
Bristling (canned)1_1__
Butter10741073_1
Cascara Extract_1__1__
,, Tablets_1_1__
Cheese_7_7_
Cod Liver Oil_1_1__
Coffee5353__
Crab (canned)_2_2_
Cream_19_19__
„ (bottle 1)11
,, (canned)88
,, Horn_1_1__
Dripping_3_3__
Fish Paste_6_6__
,, (canned)11__
Flour (self raising)104104_
Fruit (bottled)11__
„ (canned)22__
„ (preserved)22__
Ginger (ground)1131112
Gregory's Powder11
Herrings in Tomatoes (canned)11
Honey22
Jam43032119
Jelly Cream_11__
Lard8282_
Lemonade Powder_22_
Lemon Cheese_11__
„ Curd_11_
,, Juice11
Licquorice Powder comp.11_
Margarine2323
Marmalade_211
Meat Paste_11
„ Pie33_
Milk32093108101
„ (condensed)2222
„ (dried)11
Minced Meat_11_
Mustard22
Orange Curd11
Peas (bottled)11
„ (oanned)1131121
„ (dried)22
Peel (mixed)11
Carried forward4582094461941215