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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Samples taken during 1929—
Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total | Percentage of Adulteration. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brought forward | 450 | 5 | 455 | |
Olive Oil | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Peas | 4 | .. | 4 | . . |
Pepper | 12 | .. | 12 | .. |
Pickles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Rice | 3 | .. | 4 | 25.0 |
Sardines | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Sauce | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Sausages | 9 | .. | 9 | .. |
Salmon Cutlet | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Sherbet | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Silde | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Sponge Mixture | 1 | .. | 1 | • • |
Suet | .. | .. | 2 | 100.0 |
Suet and Rice Mixture | 2 | 2 | .. | |
Sugar | 1 | .... | 1 | .. |
Sweets | 21 | .. | 21 | .. |
Soda, Bicarbonate of | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Tapioca | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Tea | 8 | .. | 3 | .. |
Vinegar | 4 | .. | 5 | 20.0 |
Vinegar, malt | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Wines | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Wines & Cordials, Non-alcoholic | 15 | .. | 15 | .. |
hisky | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
Informal Samples. | ||||
Butter | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Biscuits | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Celery, tinned | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cheese | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Cream Cheese | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Chocolate | 14 | .. | 14 | .. |
Chocolate Biscuits | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Dried Fruit | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Tinned Gooseberries | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Dried Milk, full cream | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Tinned Peas | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Bicarbonate of Soda | . . | .. | 1 | 100.0 |
Sweets | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Yeast | 2 | .. | 2 | • • |
Totals | 590 | 11 | 601 | 1.8 |