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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
Deptford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Food and Drugs—Samples Taken.
| Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total. | Percentage of Adulteration. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef, minced | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Butter | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Chicken and Ham Roll | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| Custard and Blanc mange Powder | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| Dripping | 1 | .. | 1 | . . |
| Jam | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 0 |
| Jelly, Table | 1 | .. | 1 | , , |
| Lemonade Powder | 3 | .. | 3 | |
| Margarine | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Mercury Pills | 1 | 1 | 100 0 | |
| Mercury Ointment | 4 | 4 | 8 | 500 |
| Milk | 187 | 2 | 189 | 11 |
| Milk, sterilised | 3 | .. | 3 | |
| Mustard | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| Pepper | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| Sausage | 2 | .. | 2 | m # |
| „ Preserved | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| „ Breakfast | 2 | .. | 2 | |
| Spirts | 13 | 1 | 14 | 7*7 |
| Vinegar | 3 | .. | 3 | |
| „ Malt | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Wine, non-alcoholic | 2 | .. | 2 | . . |
| Total Formal Samples | 239 | 9 | 248 | 3 6 |
| Apple Juice | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Baking Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Biscuits | 6 | .. | 6 | |
| Butter | 5 | .. | 5 | |
| Cakes, Sponge | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Cheese | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Chocolate Biscuits and Wafers | 16 | 1 | 17 | 5 9 |
| Chocolates | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Cocoa | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Coffee | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Coffee Tablets | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Coffee and Chicory | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Confectionery | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Cooking Fat | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Condensed Milk | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
| Cream | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Cream, tinned | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Easter Eggs, Chocolate | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
| Egg Yolk | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Fish, tinned | 75 | 11 | 86 | 12.8 |
| Fish Paste | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Fish Sauce Preserve | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Carried forward | 141 | 13 | 154 |