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 Fulham]
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Unsound Food.—The following articles, examined at the request of the owners, were condemned and destroyed:—
Rabbits (skinned) | 71 | Corned beef | 314 lbs. |
„ „ | 28½cases. | Bacon | 39 lbs. |
„ (furred) | 7 „ | Sausages | 40 lbs. |
Herrings | 3 „ | Meat paste | 8 pots. |
Haddocks | 24 lbs. | Sheep's tongue | 1 tin. |
„ | 8 boxes. | Condensed milk | 359 tins. |
Skate wings | 1 box. | Jam | 8 „ |
Fillets | 42 lbs. | Honey | 1 tin. |
Kippers | 28 lbs. | Syrup | 7 tins. |
Salmon | 6 tins. | Pears | 60 boxes. |
Crabs | 1 barrel. | Bottled fruit | 4 bottles. |
Mackerel | 2 boxes. | Strawberries | 18 baskets. |
Winkles | 1 sack. | Apples | 53 boxes. |
Sardines | 6 tins. | Tomatoes | 45 bundles. |
Beef ... | 1 hind-quarter. | (tinned) | 29 tins. |
Chestnuts | 12 sacks. |
Action under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts. The undermentioned samples wrere purchased for analysis in 1920:—
Articles. | No. of Samples taken Officially. | No. Adulterated. | No. of Samples taken Unofficially. | No. Adulterated. | Total Samples. | Total Adulterated. | Per cent. of Adulteration. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Milk | 626 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 635 | 51 | 8.04 |
„ separated | 7 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | ... |
Milk and Water | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Peas | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 4 | ... | ... |
Cheese | ... | ... | 36 | ... | 36 | ... | ... |
Lard | ... | ... | 23 | ... | 23 | ... | ... |
Cream of Tartar | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... |
Ground Ginger | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... |
Self-Raising Flour | 2 | ... | 17 | ... | 19 | ... | ... |
Cocoa | ... | ... | 34 | ... | 34 | ... | ... |
Saccharine | ... | ... | 9 | 1 | 9 | ... | 12.4 |
Coffee | ... | 27 | ... | 27 | ... | ... | |
Sausages, | 4 | ... | 39 | 8 | 39 | 8 | 29.5 |
Camphorated Oil | 2 | ... | 13 | 3 | 15 | ... | ... |
Cream | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | ... |
„ Preserved | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Butter | ... | ... | 58 | ... | 58 | ... | ... |
Dripping | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 10 | ... | ... |
Olive Oil | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 8 | ... | ... |
Cayenne Pepper | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 | ... | ... |
Malt Vinegar | ... | 11 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | |
Rum | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Pepper | ... | ... | 11 | ... | 11 | ... | ... |
Mustard | ... | ... | 14 | 1 | 14 | ... | ... |
Mustard Mixture | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
Fish Paste | . . . | ... | 10 | ... | 10 | ... | ... |
Aspirin | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Flour | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | |
Sugar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 | ||
644 | 50 | 357 | 16 | 1001 | 53 | 5.2 |