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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
Hackney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The samples taken during the year are described in the following table, the results of analyses being also shown:-
| Description of Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken. | Number adulterated | Number taken. | Number adulterated | |
| Almonds (ground) | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Baking Powder | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Brawn | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
| Butter | 79 | 2 | 38 | 2 |
| Cake | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
| Camphorated oil | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cheese | 1 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Cocoa | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
| Coffee | 11 | .. | .. | .. |
| ,, mixture | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Corned beef | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cream | 25 | .. | 7 | .. |
| Dripping | 13 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Fish (tinned | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Fish paste | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Flour | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Fruit (dried) | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
| ,, (tinned) | 12 | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Ice Cream | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Jam | 11 | .. | .. | .. |
| Jelly | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
| Lard | 13 | .. | .. | .. |
| Lemonade powder | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Margarine | 47 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Meat (minced or chopped) | 33 | 7 | 20 | 6 |
| „ (extract) | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Milk | 545 | 15 | 12 | 2 |
| „ (sterilised) | 51 | 1 | .. | .. |
| ,, (sweetened condensed skimmed) | 18 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Mincemeat | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
| Mineral waters | 3 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Mustard | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
| Olive oil | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
| Peas (tinned) | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pepper | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
| Pickles | 13 | .. | .. | .. |
| Sauce | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Sausages | 30 | .. | .. | .. |
| Shredded suet | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Sweets | 24 | .. | .. | .. |
| Syrup | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Tea | 8 | .. | .. | .. |
| Treacle | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Vinegar (malt) | 11 | 1 | .. | .. |
| 1051 | 30 | 90 | 11 | |