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 1932
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FOOD AND DRUGS—continued.
Articles submitted for Analysis | Total Samples Taken | Number Genuine | Number Adulterated | Percentages of Articles Adulterated |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paste, Fish | 19 | 19 | – | – |
Paste, Cheese and Tomato | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Peas, Green | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Peas, Mixed | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Pepper | 27 | 27 | – | – |
Permanganate of Potash | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Pickle | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Pickled Cabbage | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Pickled Walnuts | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Pilchards (Informal) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Quinine, Ammoniated Tincture of | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Raisins | 4 | 4 | – | – |
Raisins (Seedless) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Raspberry Compound | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Relish | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Rice | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Sal Volatile (Informal) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Saline, Health | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sauce | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Sauce, Worcester | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Sausages | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12.5 |
Sausages, Beef | 36 | 36 | – | – |
Sausages, Breakfast | 40 | 40 | – | – |
Sausages, Beef Chipolata | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sausages, Chicken, Ham and Tongue | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sausages, Liver | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Sausages, Luncheon | – | 7 | – | – |
Sausages, Ham | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sausages, Pork | 23 | 23 | – | – |
Semolina | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sherry | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sugar | 3 | 3 | – | – |
Sugar, Castor | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sugar, Demerara | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Suet, Shredded | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Sultanas | 5 | 5 | – | – |
Swiss Roll | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Tartaric Acid | 5 | 5 | – | – |
Tea | 5 | 5 | – | – |
Tea Dust | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Tincture of Iodine | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Tomato Ketchup | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Tomato Sauce | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Veal Loaf | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Veal Savoury | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Veal and Ham | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Vinegar | 67 | 66 | 1 | 1.5 |
Vinegar, Malt | 41 | 41 | – | – |
Walnuts, Pickled | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Wine, Australian | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Wine, Blackcurrant | 2 | 2 | – | – |
Wine, Blackcurrant Flavour | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Wine, Ginger | 7 | 7 | – | – |
Wine, Orange | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Wine, Orange Quinine | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Wine, Peppermint | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Wine, Raisin | 1 | 1 | – | – |
Total | 1502 | 1473 | 29 | 1.9 |