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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Date. | Description. | Weight. | Examination. | Remarks. |
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Nov. 12 | Sweets | 25 cases | 10 per cent. | Satisfactory |
Biscuits | 240 „ | |||
„ 13 | Chocolate | 505 „ | Samples taken | |
14 | Siberian salmon | 200 „ | 16 6-in. tins condemned | |
„ 15 | Vegetable preserve | 125 „ | Samples taken | |
Tinned plums | 25 „ | 5 tins condemned. | ||
20 | Blackberries | 25 „ | Satisfactory | |
Preserves | 20 „ | |||
„ 21 | Tinned plums | 116 „ | ||
Tinned gooseberries | 34 „ | |||
„ 22 | Biscuits and chocolate | 169 „ | Samples taken | |
Tinned plums | 25 „ | Thorough | 15 tins condemned | |
„ 26 | Biscuits | 113 „ | Samples taken | |
& 27 | Plums | 166 „ | 7 tins condemned | |
Dec. 5 | Vegetable preserve | 25 „ | 10 per cent. Samples taken | |
Chocolate | 40 „ | |||
Confectionery | 25 „ | |||
Biscuits | 248 „ | Satisfactory | ||
„ 6 | Tinned gooseberries | 100 „ | Samples taken | |
Tinned blackberries | 150 „ | 10 (70 lbs.) condemned | ||
„ 10 | Biscuits | 369 „ | ) 9 | Satisfactory |
„ 11 | Vegetable preserve | 93 „ | ||
„ 12 | Dates | 8 „ | ||
Chocolate | 163 „ | |||
Cheese (Hard) | 5 „ | Thorough | 105 lbs. con- | |
Cheese (Soft | 3 barrels ,, | demned | ||
„ 16 | Chocolate | 35 cases | 10 per cent. | Satisfactory |
Biscuits | 110 „ | |||
„ 19 | Chocolate. | 44 „ | ||
„ 24 | Chocolate | 55 „ | ||
Biscuits | 224 „ | |||
„ 30 | Biscuits | 40 „ | ||
„ 31 | Chocolate | 21 „ | ||
Vegetable preserve | 45 „ |
Where samples were taken as indicated in the above list, the same
were submitted for analysis. In each instance the Public Analyst certified
the same to be genuine. Particulars of such analyses will be found in the
table of informal samples analysed, on a succeeding page of this Report.