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. | |||
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Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
Jelly, Table | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Juice, Tomato (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Kidney, Pig's, and Sweetbread | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Lard | — | 10 | — | 10 | — | — |
Lobster (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Lozenges | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Macaroni | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Margarine | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
Meat (minced) | 2 | 12 | 2 | 10 | — | 2 |
Milk | 327 | 6 | 314 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
,, (condensed, full cream) | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
,, (condensed.sweetened,skimmed' | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
,, (evaporated) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Mincemeat | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Mixture, sponge | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Mustard | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, Compound | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
Oil, camphorated | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, castor | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
Ointment, Basilicon | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, Zinc | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
Olive Oil | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | — |
Onions, pickled | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Oranges (canned) | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
Paste, fish | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
,, meat. | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | |
Pastry, Coloured | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Peas (canned) | — | — | 5 | — | — | |
„ (dried) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
„ (split) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Pepper | — | 12 | — | 12 | — | — |
Pickles | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
„ (sweet) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Pie. fruit | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — |
„ meat | — | 14 | — | 14 | — | — |
Pilchards, Tomato sauce (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Pills. Liver | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Plums (bottled) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Powder, custard | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
,, lemonade | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
,, pudding | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Prawns (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Pudding, meat | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Raisins | — | 10 | — | 10 | — | — |
Raspberries (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Rice | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | — |
Roes, soft (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Roll and Meat | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
Salad, Fruit (canned) | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | — |
Salmon (canned) | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | — |
Salt, gravy | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Salts, Epsom | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
Sardines | 1 | 23 | — | 22 | 1 | 1 |
Sauce | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | — |
,, Mint | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Sausage | 11 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 9 |
„ cooked | — | 8 | — | 8 | — | — |
Carried forward | 344 | 381 | 329 | 368 | | 15 | 13 |