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 Merton & Morden]
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Article. | Total Samples. | Genuine. | Not Genuine. | Prosecutions. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 82 | 78 | 4 | - |
Mixed Fruit Drops | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Mustard | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Mixed Spice | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Medicinal Liquid Paraffin | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Minced Beef | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Marmalade | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Mincemeat | 2 | 2 | No action | |
Mint Drops | 1 | 1 | - | taken. |
Mercury Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Ox Tail Soup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Pork Sausages | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Pork Sausage Meat | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Peppermint Sweets | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Pure Coffee | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Piccalli | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Sardine and Tomato Paste | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Salmon and Anchovy Paste | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Syrup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Sultanas | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Semolina | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Sponge | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Snow Cake Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Stomach Tablets | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Sherbert | 1 | 1 | - | - |
'Steam Pudding Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Soya Flour | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Self Raising Flour | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Scone Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Salad Dressing Powder | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Sulphur Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Tinned Peas | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Tinned Beans in Tomato | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Tomato Chutney | 1 | 1 | Manufacturers' explanation | |
Vinegar | accepted. | |||
3 | 2 | 1 | Manufacturers' explanation accepted. | |
Vitacup | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Yorkshire Pudding and | - | |||
Pancake Mixture | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Zinc Ointment | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Total | 130 | 122 8 | - |
Results of Analyses of New Milk Samples.
Solids not Fat (Legal Standard is 8.5%).
8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.2 | Total |
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- | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 23 |