London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Chelsea 1961
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1961
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| Article | Number examined | Number adulterated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal | Formal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Butter | 20 | 20 | ||||
| Cake | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Chicken, minced | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Fish, canned | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fish paste | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Fish pate | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Flour | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Fruit, dried | 12 | 12 | ||||
| Fruit juice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ice cream | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jam | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Jelly preserves | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Lemon curd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Margarine | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Marmalade | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Meat paste | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Milk | 100 | 100 | ||||
| Milk, foreign bodies | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pate of Pheasant | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sausage, liver | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Soft drinks | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Spread, chicken | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Spirits | 0 | 16 | 16 | |||
| Suet, shredded | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Turkey, canned | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Turkey, minced | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Vinegar | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 244 | 16 | 260 | 8 | 8 | ||