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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
Wandsworth 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report of the Medical Officer oj Health.
active ingredient, the other reported against containing excess.
In both these cases the active ingredient was Sodium Salicylate.
Details of the "Other Articles" submitted will be found in the adjoining Table:—
| Nature of Sample. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Arrowroot | - | 4 | - | |||
| Baking Powder | - | 10 | 10 | - | ||
| Cocoa Butter | 8 | 9 | 2 | |||
| Coffee Mixture | - | - | ||||
| Cornflour | - | 6 | 6 | - | ||
| Dripping | 3 | 26 | - | |||
| Eggs, preserved | — | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ginger, ground | —• | - | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mustard Condiment | — | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Oatmeal | - | 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Olive Oil | — | 12 | 12 | - | ||
| Pea Flour | — | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Rice | — | 7 | 7 | - | ||
| Rice, Flaked | —1 | 2 | 2 | - | ||
| Sausages | — | 6 | 6 | — | 2 | |
| Self-raising Flour | — | - | ||||
| Tapioca | — | 2 | 2 | - | ||
| Tapioca, Flaked | — | 2 | 2 | - | ||
| Tinned Vegetables | — | 6 | 6 | - | ||
| Vinegar | — | 21 | 21 | - | ||
| Total | 4 | 151 | 155 | 6 | ||
The Formal sample of Cocoa Butter (No. 146) returned as
adulterated was found to consist entirely of Illipe Butter.
The same adulteration was found in one of the Informal
samples of Cocoa Butter analysed ; whilst the remaining Informal
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