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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F ood and D rugs (A dulteration ) A ct , 1928.
Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total. | Percentage of Adulteration. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Formal Samples— | ||||
Arrowroot | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Aspirin Tablets | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Boracic Acid, B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Boracic Acid Ointment B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Brawn | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Butter.. | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
Chocolate Easter Eggs | 8 | .. | 8 | .. |
Christmas Pudding | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Chutney | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Cocoa | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Coffee | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Curry Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Dripping | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
Flaked Rice | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Fish Paste | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Gravelots | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Ground Cinnamon | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Ground Ginger | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Indigestion Tablets | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Jam | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Lard | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Margarine | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Milk | 230 | 7 | 237 | 30 |
Mild Mercurial Ointment | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Mincemeat | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Mustard | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
Mixed Spice | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Pepper | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
Sauce | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Sausages | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
,, Preserved | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Sweets | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Sterilised Milk | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Spirits— | .. | .. | ||
Gin | 1 | 3 | 4 | 750 |
Whisky | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Vinegar | 8 | .. | 8 | .. |
,, Malt | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Wine, non-alcoholic | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Zinc Ointment | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Total Formal Samples | 328 | 10 | 338 | 3. 0 |
Informal Samples— | .. | .. | ||
Almond Oil, B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Aspirin Tablets | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Baking Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Butter | 33 | .. | 33 | .. |
Borax B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Carried forward | 39 | .. | 39 |