Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923
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A poisonous dose of chlorodyne can evidently be easily obtained ; several deaths have
been reported from Coroners' Courts. At the same time attention might be called to
the dangers of lysol which owing to the presence of the highest tar acids is also
poisonous and equally of concern to Coroners.
Flour.
The 12 samples of flour examined were genuine and not bleached by means of
nitrogen peroxide.
The following is a list of articles purchased during 1923:—
ARTICLE. | Purchased. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Proceedings taken. | Convictions. | Fines and Costs. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Almond Cake | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Almonds, ground | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Apricots, tinned | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Asparagus, tinned | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Baking Powder | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Beans, canned | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
Bloater Paste | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Borax, refined | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Butter | 82 | 78 | 4 | 2 | ... | Costs, 12s. 6d. |
Cheese | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken and Ham Paste | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cocoa | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chocolate | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Coffee and Chicory Extract | 6 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Cream | 19 | 16 | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
Cream, Preserved | 18 | 18 | ... | 1 | - | ... |
Cream Cheese | 13 | 9 | 4 | ... | ... | |
Cyder | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dripping | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Egg Powder | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Fish Paste | 13 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Gelatine | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ginger, ground | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ginger Wine | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Golden Syrup | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Honey | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Jam | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Jelly | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lard | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lemon Curd | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lemon Squash | 6 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
Lime Juice | 6 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... |