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 1928
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FOOD AND DRUGS.
Articles submitted for Analysis | Total Samples Taken | Number Genuine | Number Adulterated | Percentages of Articles Adulterated |
---|---|---|---|---|
Almonds, Ground | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Apples | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Apples, Tinned | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Apricots | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Aspirin Tablets | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Bacon | 11 | 11 | – | – |
Baking Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Barley, Pearl | 23 | 20 | 3 | 13.0 |
Barley, Pot | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Beef, Corned | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Beef, Minced | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Bismarck Brown | 1 | 1 | – | — |
Bismuth Dyspepsia Tablets | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Black Pudding | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Borax | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Boric Acid | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Boracic Acid Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Brawn | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Brawn, Beef | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Brawn, Pork | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Butter | 158 | 155 | 3 | 1.9 |
Cake | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Cake, Cream Layer | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cake, Currant | 10 | 10 | – | – |
Cake, Dundee | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cake, Lemon Slab | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cake, Seed | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Cake, Sponge | 10 | 10 | – | – |
Cake, Sultana | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Camphorated Oil | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Carmine Pink | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Castor Oil | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Cheese | 28 | 28 | – | – |
Cinnamon | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cherries, Tinned | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Citrate of Magnesia | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Clover Cream Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cocoa | 10 | 10 | – | – |
Cod Liver Oil | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Coffee | 12 | 12 | – | – |
Coffee Essence | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cordial, Lemon | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cordial, Lime Fruit | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cordial, Lime Juice | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Cordial, Raspberry Flavour | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cream | 5 | 5 | – | – |
Cream, Clotted | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Cream of Tartar | 4 | 4 | – | – |
Custard Powder | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Cyder | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Dripping | 68 | 68 | – | – |
Eggs | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Egg Colour "C" | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Egg Yolk | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Eucalyptus Oil | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Fat, White | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Fish Paste | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5.0 |