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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 1931
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1931
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The samples taken on the Wharves under the Imported Food Regulations have numbered 41 consisting of the following:—
| Baking Powder | 1 |
| Butter | 21 |
| Butter Mixture | 2 |
| Canned Beef | 2 |
| Cheese | 1 |
| Egg Albumen | 1 |
| Fruit Pulp | 1 |
| Fruit Sweets | 2 |
| Gherkins | 1 |
| *Infusorial Earth | 1 |
| Lemon Juice | 1 |
| Oleine | 1 |
| Salt | 1 |
| Soya Bean Oil | 2 |
| Wafers | 1 |
| Yeast | 2 |
| 41 |
(* An unknown mixture sampled to ascertain
composition.)
All the samples were genuine and the butter samples were
also examined for preservatives with negative results; the
water content in the latter was remarkably low being 11.35 per
cent, against a standard of 16 per cent. This butter was all of
Russian origin.
With regard to the two samples of butter mixture mentioned
above, this was found to be an illegal mixture and the parcels
were consequently refused admission.