Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total. | Percentage of Adulteration. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ale | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Almonds, ground | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Arrowroot | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Baking Powder | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Barley, pearl | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
Beef, minced | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Boracic Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Borax | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Boric Ointment | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Brawn | .. | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Butter | 37 | .. | 37 | .. |
Cake | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cake, Madeira | .. | 2 | 2 | 100 |
Camphorated Oil | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Castor Oil | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cheese | 8 | .. | 8 | .. |
Chocolate, sweetmeats | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
,, Easter eggs | 22 | .. | 22 | .. |
Cocoa | 16 | .. | 16 | .. |
Coffee | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
Coffee and Chicory | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Cornflour | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Cream | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
„ preserved | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Curry Powder | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Custard Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Dripping | .. | 5 | .. | |
Desiccated Cocoanut | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Epsom Salts | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Eucalyptus Oil | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Flour | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
„ self-raising | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Gin | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Glauber Salts | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Glycerine | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Ground Ginger | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Jelly, table | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Lard | 10 | .. | 10 | .. |
Lemonade Powder | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
Lemon Squash | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50 |
Lime Juice | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Linseed Oil | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Liquorice Powder, compound | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Margarine | 14 | .. | 14 | .. |
Medicine | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
Carried forward | 195 | 4 | 199 | •• |