Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Particulars of formal and informal samples collected are as follows :
Nature of sample. | Formal. | Informal. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number taken. | Number adulterated. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. | |
Almonds, ground | 6 | — | — | — |
Apples | — | — | 4 | — |
Barley, pearl | 3 | — | — | — |
Brawn | 3 | — | — | — |
Butter | 39 | — | 16 | — |
Cakes, sponge | 18 | — | 3 | — |
Caviare | — | — | 1 | — |
Cheese | 12 | — | 3 | — |
Chicken and ham (tinned) | — | — | 1 | — |
Chocolates | 6 | — | 2 | — |
Chutney | — | — | 2 | — |
Cocoa | 3 | — | — | — |
Coffee | 9 | — | — | —— |
Cream | 18 | — | 3 | — |
,, tinned | — | — | 6 | — |
Dripping | 18 | — | 6 | — |
Faggots | — | — | 1 | — |
Flavouring essence | — | — | 3 | — |
Flour, self.raising | — | — | 3 | — |
Fruit, dried | 15 | — | — | — |
Ginger.beer | — | — | 1 | — |
Ham | 3 | — | 1 | — |
Honey | 3 | — | 6 | — |
Indigestion mixture | — | — | 1 | — |
Tam | — | — | 6 | — |
Lard | 18 | — | 6 | — |
Lemon cheese | 9 | — | — | — |
Lemon squash | —— | — | 1 | — |
Margarine | 25 | — | 12 | — |
Mayonnaise | — | — | 1 | — |
Meat pie | — | — | 2 | — |
Milk | 322 | 11 | 148 | 4 |
,, condensed | — | —— | 7 | — |
hot | 9 | 1 | — | — |
„ skimmed | 2 | — | — | — |
Mincemeat | 6 | _ | 3 | — |
Mustard | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
Nitre, sweet spirit of | — | — | 4 | 2 |
Oil, camphorated | 1 | — | — | — |
Paste, fish | 12 | — | 3 | — |
,, meat | 2 | — | 3 | — |
Pears | — | — | 1 | — |
Peas, canned | 2 | — | 6 | — |
Pepper | 9 | — | — | — |
Powder, custard | 8 | — | — | — |
,, lemonade | 4 | — | 3 | — |
„ liquorice | — | — | 3 | — |
Pilchards, canned | — | — | 1 | — |
Prawns, imported | — | — | 1 | — |
Ouinine, amon.tinct. | — | — | — | |
Raspberries, tinned | — | — | 1 | — |
Rice | 18 | 1 | 6 | — |
Salad cream | — | — | 2 | — |
Sardines, canned | — | — | 3 | — |
Sausages | 24 | — | 11 | — |
Sausages, breakfast | 3 | — | 2 | — |
Sausage.meat | 1 | — | — | — |
Steak and kidney pie | — | — | 1 | — |
Suet, shredded | 3 | — | — | — |
Tartar, cream of | — | — | 3 | — |
Tea | 9 | — | — | — |
Tomato relish | — | — | 1 | — |
Vinegar | 24 | — | 12 | — |
Whiskey | 6 | — | 1 | — |
Yoghourt | — | — | 2 | — |
Totals | 676 | 13 | 323 | 8 |