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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
Hammersmith 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923
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where actual adulteration could not be certified, was 9.0 this
year and 6.3 last year.
In Table II. will be found a statement of the number and
nature of the various articles examined during the year,
together with particulars of the prosecutions which were
instituted.
TABLE II.
| Article. | No. of samples exam'd. | Result of Examination. | Summonses issued. | Penalties imposed. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Inferior. | Adulterated. | ||||||
| £ | s. | d | ||||||
| Borax | 14 | 12 | — | 2† | — | — | ||
| Boric Ointment | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | |||
| Butter | 43 | 41 | — | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
| Castor Oil | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Chocolates | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Citric Acid | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | —. | ||
| Cocoa | 25 | 21 | — | 4† | — | — | ||
| Coffee | 4 | 4 | — | - | — | — | ||
| Flour, self-raising | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Glauber's salt | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| " Grape Nuts " | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| " Instant Postum " | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Jam | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Lemonade Powder | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Lime Juice Cordial | 1 | — | — | 1* | — | — | ||
| Liquorice Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Margarine | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Marmalade | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meat and Fish Pastes | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Meat Pie | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Milk | 435 | 359 | 54 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 6 |
| „ Condensed | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — | ||
| „ Dried | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — | ||
| ,, Separated | 1 | 1 | — | — | - | — | ||
| Olive Oil | 11 | 9 | — | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Peas | 1 | — | — | 1* | — | — | ||
| Pineapple | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Prawns | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Prescription | 2 | 2 | — . | — | — | — | ||
| Salad Oil | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Salmon | 4 | 4 | — ' | - | — | — | ||
| Sausages | 9 | 6 | — | 3* | — | — | ||
| Tomatoes | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Treacle | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Totals | 600 | 509 | 54 | 37 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 0 |
* Informal sample.
† Cautionary letter to Vendor.