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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 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1922
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FOOD AND D RUGS—continued.
Articles submitted for
Analysis.
Total
Samples
Taken.
Number
Genuine.
Number
Adulterated.
2
2
-
Milk, Sterilized
Milk, Dried
4
4
-
Milk Powder
1
1
-
Mincemeat
5
5
-
Mustard
8
8
-
Olive Oil
2
2
-
Orange Quinine Wine
1
-
1
Ox Tail Soup
1
1
-
Pepper
23
23
-
Quaker Oats
3
3
-
Raspberry Crystals
2
2
-
Rice
1
1
-
Rolled Oats
2
2
-
Saccharine Tablets
1
1
-
Sardines, Potted
1
1
-
Sauce
1
1
-
Sausages
1
1
-
Sherbet
1
1
-
Shredded Beef Suet
2
2
-
Shredded Whole Wheat
1
1
-
Stout
1
-
1
Syrup of Figs
1
1
-
Tapioca
1
1
-
Tapioca, Flaked
1
1
-
Vinegar
125
119
6
Vinegar, Malt
41
41
-
FOOD AND DRUGS—continued.
| Articles submitted for Analysis. | Total Samples Taken. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Percentage of Articles Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk, Sterilized | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Milk, Dried | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Milk Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Mincemeat | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Mustard | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Olive Oil | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Orange Quinine Wine | 1 | – | 1 | 100.0 |
| Ox Tail Soup | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Pepper | 23 | 23 | – | – |
| Quaker Oats | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Raspberry Crystals | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Rice | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Rolled Oats | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Saccharine Tablets | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sardines, Potted | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sauce | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sausages | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sherbet | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Shredded Beef Suet | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Shredded Whole Wheat | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Stout | 1 | – | 1 | 100.0 |
| Syrup of Figs | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Tapioca | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Tapioca, Flaked | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Vinegar | 125 | 119 | 6 | 4.8 |
| Vinegar, Malt | 41 | 41 | – | – |
| 1,202 | 1,167 | 35 | 2.9 |