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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
Tottenham 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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| Name of Article | Samples | |
|---|---|---|
| Taken | Found Adulterated | |
| Bacon | 1 | — |
| Brawn | 6 | 1 |
| Bread | 1 | — |
| Colouring Matter | 1 | — |
| Fish Paste | 12 | — |
| Fruit, dried | 3 | — |
| Fruit, tinned | 1 | — |
| Margarine | 3 | — |
| Meat | 15 | 3 |
| Meat, cooked | 4 | — |
| Prawns | 3 | — |
| Preservatives | 7 | 4 |
| Sausages | 32 | 8 |
| Sausages, cooked | 19 | — |
| Sausage Skins | 1 | — |
| Seasoning | 3 | — |
| Soup | 1 | — |
| Suet | 1 | — |
| Vegetables, tinned | 4 | — |
| 483 | 28 | |
Number of Prosecutions 6
Number of Convictions 6
Fines and Costs imposed £58 3s. 0d.
The figures given for adulterated samples include some adulterated
informal samples, in respect of which no proceedings could be taken.
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION.
1,406 rooms were disinfected.
16,649 articles were disinfected or destroyed.
360 library books were disinfected.
47 persons were bathed.