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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FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928.
Of the formal, 332 proved to be genuine, and 15, or 4.3 per cent., adulterated; and of the informal, 437 were genuine and 16, or 3.5 per cent., adulterated.
Articles of food of which samples have been taken. | Total number of samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
Almonds (ground) | — | — | — | — | ||
Anchovies (bottled) | — | — | — | — | ||
,, (canned) | — | — | — | — | ||
Apricots (dried) | — | — | — | — | ||
Arrowroot | — | — | — | — | ||
Aspirins | — | — | — | — | ||
Bacon | — | — | — | — | ||
Beans, Baked (canned) | — | — | — | — | ||
Beef | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Bisto | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Brawn | — | — | — | — | ||
,, (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Bread (brown) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, (white) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Butter | — | — | — | — | ||
Cake, sponge | — | — | — | — | ||
Carrots (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Cheese | — | — | — | — | ||
Chocolate | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Cocoa | — | — | — | — | ||
Cocoanut, dessicated | — | — | — | — | ||
Coffee | — | — | — | — | ||
Cookeen | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Cornflour | — | — | — | — | ||
Crab (canned) | _ | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Cream | — | — | ||||
,, (canned) | — | — | — | — | ||
Cube, black currant | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
„ orangeade | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Cucumber, pickled | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Currants | — | 10 | — | — | — | |
Doughnut | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Dripping | — | — | — | — | ||
Essence (lemon) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Faggott | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Figs (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Flour, bun | — | — | — | — | ||
,, cake | — | — | — | — | ||
,, (self-raising) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Fruit (dried) | — | — | — | — | ||
„ mixed (dried) | — | — | — | — | ||
Ginger (ground) | — | — | — | — | ||
Glycerine, Lemon aud Ipecacuanha | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
— | — | — | — | |||
Haricot Babbit (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Herrings (canned) | — | — | — | — | ||
Honey | — | — | — | — | ||
Jam | _ | — | — | — | ||
,, (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Jelly | — | — | — | — | ||
„ Mint | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Carried forward | — | — |