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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
Kensington 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Nature of Sample. | Number Taken. | Number Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|
| Beans (Tinned) | 1 | 1 |
| Borax | 1 | ... |
| Brawn - | 4 | ... |
| Butter | 32 | ... |
| Calves Feet Jelly | 1 | ... |
| Cheese | 2 | ... |
| Citric Acid | 3 | ... |
| Cocoa | 1 | ... |
| Coffee | 1 | ... |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 5 | 1 |
| Condensed Sweetened Full Cream Milk | 3 | ... |
| Condensed Sweetened Machine Skimmed Milk | 2 | ... |
| Condensed Unsweetened Full Cream Milk | 1 | ... |
| Cream | 6 | 1 |
| Cream Cheese | 2 | 1 |
| Custard Powder | 7 | ... |
| Dried Milk | 3 | ... |
| Fish Paste | 4 | 1 |
| Flour | 1 | ... |
| Fruit Syrup | 1 | ... |
| Golden Syrup | 1 | ... |
| Gregory's Powder | 3 | ... |
| Ground Ginger | 5 | • •• |
| Lemon Curd | 3 | ... |
| Margarine | 16 | ... |
| Meat Paste | 16 | 3 |
| Milk | 89 | 4 |
| Milk Powder- | 1 | ... |
| Mincemeat | 3 | ... |
| Mixed Vegetables (Tinned) | 1 | ... |
| Mustard | 1 | ... |
| Peas(Tinned) | 9 | 9 |
| Pepper | 2 | ...... |
| Plain Cake | O | ... |
| Pork Pie | ... | |
| Potted Meat | 6 | ... |
| Prawns | 2 | ... |
| Preserved Cream | 1 | 1 |
| Raspberry Squash Powder | 1 | ... |
| Sausages | 9 | 6 |
| Self Raising Flour | 4 | ... |
| Sponge Cake | 18 | 2 |
| Sweets | 4 | ... |
| Sweet Spirit of Nitre | 2 | ... |
| Tartaric Acid | 3 | ... |
| Tea | 1 | ... |
| Tongue | 2 | ... |
| Tripe | 3 | 1 |
| Vinegar | 12 | ... |
| Whisky | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 306 | 33 |
No legal proceedings can be taken in respect of an informal sample, but, when adulteration is
discovered, formal samples are obtained immediately and necesaary action taken.