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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

Battersea 1927

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927

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Table: The following tables give details of the articles of which samples were obtained for the purpose of analysis:— Main Statement. TABLE I.

The following tables give details of the articles of which samples were obtained for the purpose of analysis:— Main Statement. TABLE I.

Examined.Adulterated.
Nature of Sample.Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
Bread—77—00
Butter246488000
Cheese21—210—0
Cocoa21—210—0
Coffee22—220—0
Confectionery (Sweets)—44—00
Cream6—60—0
Cream, Preserved14—140—0
Flour, Self-raising11213112
Jam178000
Margarine—2424—00
Milk696—69637—37
,, Skimmed1—10—0
„ Condensed (Full Cream)—99—00
„ „ (Machine Skimmed)—44—00
„ Dried—44—00
Mustard—1212—11
Sugar—77—00
Vinegar33—333—3
Drugs—2424—00
Other Articles11072182202
Total950250120043245

Table: TABLE II. Drugs.

TABLE II. Drugs.

Examined.Adulterated.
Nature of Sample.Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
Bicarbonate of Soda—55—00
Camphorated Oil—77—00
Cream of Tartar—55—00
Milk of Sulphur—33—00
Paregoric—22—00
Tincture of Iodine—22—00
Total—2424—00