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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
Hampstead 1922
Report for the year 1922 of the Medical Officer of Health
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samples of the milk supply of London, the London County Council has
proved that milk infected with the tubercle bacillus still is being sent
into the Metropolis.
Action taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and the
Milk and Cream Regulations.
Bale of Food and Drugs Act.
504 samples were taken for analysis during the year. The
number certified to be adulterated was 27, or 5.3 per cent, of the total
number, as against 1.58 in 1921.
444 samples (24 of which were adulterated), were purchased from
Hampstead tradesmen and 60 (3 of which were adulterated) from
tradesmen coming from other districts.
The following table shows the articles of which samples were taken during the year:—
| Articles. | Number taken. | Adulte rated. |
|---|---|---|
| Butter | 30 | – |
| Cheese | 8 | – |
| Cocoa | 29 | – |
| Coffee | 8 | – |
| Cream | 22 | 1 |
| Dripping | 4 | – |
| Drugs | 11 | 2 |
| Fish-paste | 4 | – |
| Flour | 5 | – |
| Honey | 2 | – |
| Jam | 4 | – |
| Lard | 7 | – |
| Margarine | 15 | – |
| Milk | 310 | 6 |
| Milk, Condensed | 5 | – |
| Mince-meat | 2 | – |
| Peas, Tinned | 22 | 16 |
| Pepper | 8 | – |
| Raisin Wine | 1 | 1 |
| Sausages | 1 | 1 |
| Spinach, Tinned | 2 | – |
| Tea | 1 | – |
| Vinegar | 3 | – |
| Totals | 504 | 27 |