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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
Bermondsey 1918
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1918
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TABLE IX.—FOOD AND DRUGS.—continued.
Total
Samples
Taken.
Percentages of
Articles
Adulterated.
Articles submitted for
Analysis.
Number
Genuine.
Number
Adulterated.
Lime Juice
3
3
-
-
Linseed Liquorice and Chlorodyne
Guma
1
1
-
-
Liquid Egg
1
1
-
-
1
Liquorice Powder
1
-
-
Luncheon Sausage
1
1
-
-
Margarine
137
132
5
37
1
Maize Flour
1
-
-
Malt Extract
1
1
-
-
Marmalade (Lemon)
4
4
-
-
Milk
351
79
18.4
430
Milk (Skimmed)
1
1
-
-
Milk (Sterilized)
2
2
-
-
Mustard
10
10
-
-
Oatmeal
7
7
-
-
Olive Oil
1
-
1
-
Orange Quinine Wine
3
1
2
66.6
Orange Wine
1
100.0
1
-
Paste (Goose)
1
1
-
-
Pea Flour
2
2
-
-
Pearl Barley
4
4
-
-
33
Pepper
33
-
-
Peppermint Cordial
1
1
-
-
Rice
13
13
-
-
Rice Flour
1
1
-
-
Rolled Oats
1
1
-
-
Sago
1
1
-
-
1
Salmon and Shrimp Paste
1
-
-
Sauce (Worcester)
2
2
-
-
Sausage
2
2
-
-
1
Semolina
1
-
-
Soup Powder
2
2
-
-
Sucron
1
1
-
-
Suet (Beef)
1
1
-
-
Suet (Shredded)
2
66.6
3
1
Sugar
1
1
-
-
Sweetenors
1
1
-
-
Syrup (Golden)
2
2
-
-
Tapioca
1
1
-
-
Valento
1
1
-
-
Vinegar
57
10
14.9
67
3
6.8
Vinegar (Malt)
41
44
Yorkshire Pudding Powder
1
1
-
-
1186
1077
109
9.2
TABLE IX.—FOOD AND DRUGS.—continued.
| Articles submitted for Analysis. | Total Samples Taken. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Percentages of Articles Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lime Juice | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Linseed Liquorice and Chlorodyne Gums | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Liquid Egg | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Liquorice Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Luncheon Sausage | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Margarine | 137 | 132 | 5 | 37 |
| Maize Flour | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Malt Extract | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Marmalade (Lemon) | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Milk | 430 | 351 | 79 | 18.4 |
| Milk (Skimmed) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Milk (Sterilized) | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Mustard | 10 | 10 | – | – |
| Oatmeal | 7 | 7 | – | – |
| Olive Oil | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Orange Quinine Wine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.6 |
| Orange Wine | 1 | – | 1 | 100.0 |
| Paste (Goose) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Pea Flour | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Pearl Barley | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Pepper | 33 | 33 | – | – |
| Peppermint Cordial | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Rice | 13 | 13 | – | – |
| Rice Flour | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Rolled Oats | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sago | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Salmon and Shrimp Paste | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sauce (Worcester) | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Sausage | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Semolina | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Soup Powder | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Sucron | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Suet (Beef) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Suet (Shredded) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 66.6 |
| Sugar | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sweetenors | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Syrup (Golden) | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Tapioca | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Valento | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Vinegar | 67 | 57 | 10 | 14.9 |
| Vinegar (Malt) | 44 | 41 | 3 | 6.8 |
| Yorkshire Pudding Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| 1186 | 1077 | 109 | 9.2 |