Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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 |