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 St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Articles of food of which samples have been taken. | Total number of samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
Brought forward | 25 | 134 | 25 | 132 | - | 2 |
Figs | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Fish Paste | - | 16 | - | 16 | - | - |
Flour | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
„ (self-raising) | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
Fruit (crystallised) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
„ (dried) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
,, Salad (canned) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Ginger Beer Powder | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Grape Fruit (canned) | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
,, Squash | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Ham and Veal Cutlet | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Herrings in Tomato Sauce (canned) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Honey | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Horse Radish Cream | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Jam | 6 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 7 |
„ Roll | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Jelly | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
Lard | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
Lemon Crystals | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
„ Curd | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
„ Squash | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
Lemonade Powder | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
Margarine | - | 7 | - | 7 | - | - |
Marmalade | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Meat Paste | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
Pie | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
,, Roll (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Milk | 283 | 61 | 276 | 59 | 7 | 2 |
,, (condensed, full cream) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
,, (condensed, sweetened, skimmed) | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
,, (dried) | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
,, (residue) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Mincemeat | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
Mint (dried) | 1 | 5 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Mustard | 1 | 8 | - | 7 | 1 | 1 |
„ Mixture | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Nutmeg (ground) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Oatmeal | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Oil (yellow) | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
Olive Oil | _ | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
Orangeade Powder | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Oranges (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Pears (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Peas (canned) | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
Peel (mixed) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Pepper | - | 14 | - | 14 | - | - |
Pickles | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Pilchards in Tomato Sauce (canned) | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
Pineapple (canned) | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
Plums (canned) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
Pudding Mixture | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Raisins | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Rice | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
„ (ground) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Salad (potato) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Salmon (canned) | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
Salt (Salodine) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Sardines | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
Sauce | - | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
Sausages | 1 | 13 | 1 | 12 | - | 1 |
Sausage (cooked) | - | 9 | - | 9 | - | - |
Carried forward | 318 | 432 | 306 | 417 | 12 | 15 |