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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 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922
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In Table 11. 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. | ||||
| Beef Loaf | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Butter | 52 | 49 | 2 | 1 | – | – |
| Borax | 10 | 9 | – | 1* | – | – |
| Camphorated Oil | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Castor Oil | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Chocolates | 6 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| Citrate of Magnesia | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Cocoa | 18 | 16 | – | 2* | – | – |
| Coffee | 17 | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| Coffee and Chicory | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Cornflour | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Cream of Tartar | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
| Custard powder | 3 | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Dripping | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Flour, Self-raising | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Grape Nuts | 5 | 5 | – | – | ... | – |
| Gregory Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Jam | 4 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Lard | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – |
| Liquorice Powder | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| Margarine | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| Meat & Fish Pastes | 12 | 6 | – | 6* | – | – |
| Meat Pies | 3 | 2 | – | 1* | – | – |
| Milk | 356 | 307 | 35 | 14 | 10 | £11 6s. |
| „ Condensed | 18 | 17 | – | 1* | – | – |
| „ Dried | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| „ Separated | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| „ Tinned | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| „ Skim | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Oatmeal | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Olive Oil | 13 | 12 | – | 1* | – | – |
| Oxtail Soup | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Pepper | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Prawns | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| Preserved Vegetables | 12 | 2 | – | 10* | – | – |
| Salt | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Sausages | 5 | 3 | – | 2* | – | – |
| Sponge Cakes | 2 | 1 | – | 1* | – | – |
| Tomato Soup | 1 | – | – | 1* | – | – |
| Vinegar, Malt | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | – |
| Totals | 600 | 521 | 38 | 41 | 10 | £11 6s. |
* Informal samples.