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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
Fulham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| Article | Number examined | Number adulterated, etc | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Private | Total | Formal | Informal | Private | Total | |
| B/f | 478 | 52 | 530 | 12 | 9 | 21 | ||
| Mint in Vinegar | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Non brewed Condiment | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Oatmeal | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Paste (fish) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Peel - cut - mixed | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Pepper flavoured compound | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pepper - white | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Pickles | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Pickled Cabbage | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pickled Gherkins | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pickled Onions | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pudding Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pudding Xmas | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Rice | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Sauce | 11 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Sausages | 19 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Sausage Rolls | 1 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 7 | |||
| Semolina | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Soft Drinks | 47 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Soup (Canned) | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Soup (Powder) | 7 | 3 | 10 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Curry Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ginger | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Mixed Spice | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Nutmeg | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Pepper, White | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Rum | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Whisky | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Spread (cheese) | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| " (chocolate) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| '' (fish) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| " (savoury) | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Suet, shredded | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Sugar, demerara | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Sweetener | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tapioca | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Tartaric Acid | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tea | 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Tomatoes (canned) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vegetables (mixed dried) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vinegar | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wine: Sherry | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Wine | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Aspirin Tablets | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Borax | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Camphorated Oil | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Children's Soothing Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Cold & Influenza Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Compound Essence of Liquorice | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Epsom Salts | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Friars Balsam | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Glucose Tablets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Influenza Mixture | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lemon Glycerine & Honey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Liquid Paraffin | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Quinine & Cinnamon Preparation | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Seidlitz Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Syrup of Pigs | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 687 | 113 | 800 | 27 | 27 | 54 | ||