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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Nature of sample. | Formal. | Informal. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number taken. | Number adulterated. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. | |
Rice | 9 | — | — | — |
Rum butter | — | — | 1 | — |
Sausage roll | — | — | 1 | — |
Sausage meat | 3 | — | — | — |
Sausages | 30 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
Soyolk | — | — | 1 | — |
Suet, shredded | 4 | — | — | — |
Sugar | 6 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Sweets | 6 | — | 2 | — |
Table cream | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Tapioca | 1 | — | — | — |
Tea | 10 | — | 5 | 1 |
Tomato puree | — | — | 1 | — |
Vanilla flavouring | — | — | 1 | — |
Vegetables, tinned | — | — | 3 | — |
Vinegar | 30 | 3 | 17 | — |
Vitacream | — | — | 1 | — |
Whisky | 6 | 1 | — | — |
Wine, British | — | — | 13 | — |
Totals | 681 | 21 | 319 | 19 |
The following is a summary of the results of analyses of the 40 adulterated formal and informal samples, together with a record of the action taken by the council:—
Article analysed. | Nature and amount of adulteration. | Action taken. |
---|---|---|
Caviare | Contained 18•2 grains of boric acid per lb. | Informal sample. |
Coffee extract | Contained 13•9 per cent. of extraneous matter and only 4•2 per cent. of dry coffee extractives. | No legal action. |
„ „ | Contained 13•8 per cent. of extraneous matter and only 3•8 per cent. of dry coffee extractives. | „ „ |
„ „ | „ „ | Informal sample. |
„ „ | „ „ | „ „ |
Curry powder | Contained 30 parts of lead per million. | „ „ |
„ „ | Contained 24 parts of lead per million. | „ „ |
Fish, tinned | Was decomposed and unfit for food. | |
Jam (Blackcurrant) | Was labelled full fruit standard but contained only 20 per cent. of blackcurrants. | |
„ „ | „ „ 22 per cent. of blackcurrants. | |
„ „ | „ „ | „ „ |
„ „ | „ „ 27 per cent. of blackcurrants. | „ „ |
„ „ | „ „ | Vendor cautioned. |
„ „ | „ „ 21 per cent. of blackcurrants. | „ „ |
„ „ | „ „ | „ „ |
„ „ | „ „ 20 per cent. of blackcurrants. | „ „ |