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 1925]
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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
Seven hundred and forty-two samples were taken;
710 of these proved to be "genuine," and 32 or 4.3%
adulterated
The details are given in the following table:— SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.
Article | Samples taken formally | Samples taken informally | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated | No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated | Total number of Samples taken | |
Milk | 354 | 338 | 16 | 1 | .. | 1 | 355 |
Butter | 131 | 129 | 2 | 4 | 4 | .. | 135 |
Margarine | 25 | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
Lard | 14 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Dripping | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Cheese | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Cream | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cream (Preserved) | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Condensed Milk | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 |
Dried Milk | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 4 |
Jam | 69 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 71 |
Coffee | 9 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Cocoa | 14 | 14 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 16 |
Tea | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Vinegar | 38 | 36 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 38 |
Mustard | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Pepper | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Camphorated Oil | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Olive Oil | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Cod Liver Oil and Malt | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Aspirin Tablets | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Formaldehyde Solution | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Boracic Ointment | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Basilicon Ointment | ] | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Sassafras Pomade | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Zinc Ointment | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Glycerine | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Compound Liquorice | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Flour | 6 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Cake | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Sponge Cake | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Chocolate | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Sweets | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Sausage | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Brawn | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Loganberries | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Apples | 4 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Lemonade | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 724 | 696 | 28 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 742 |