Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1921
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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
The details are given in the following table:— SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.
Article. | Samples taken formally. | Samples taken informally. | Total Number of Samples taken. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | No. taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | ||
Milk | 375 | 354 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 389 |
Butter | 136 | 132 | 4 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 164 |
Vinegar | 73 | 63 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ... | 77 |
Margarine | 32 | 32 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 32 |
Jam | 27 | 25 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 27 |
Coffee | 26 | 25 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 26 |
Cocoa | 13 | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
Lard | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
*Cream | 9 | 2 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 9 |
Pepper | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
White Precipitate Ointment | 8 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
Condensed Milk | 6 | 6 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 7 |
Cheese | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
Arrowroot | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Cream of Tartar | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Dripping | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Tinned Peas | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 |
Sugar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Mincemeat | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Ground Almonds | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Paregoric | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 |
Camphorated Oil | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |
Marmalade | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Sausages | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 |
Honey | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 |
Totals | 752 | 703 | 49 | 55 | 45 | 10 | 807 |
*Samples taken under the Public Health (Milk & Cream) Regulations, 1912 & 1917.
Prosecutions were instituted in respect of 28 of
the 49 formal samples which were reported to be
adulterated.
Full details are set forth in the following table:—