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 Battersea Borough]
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Year. | Formal Samples. (per cent.) | Informal Samples. (per cent.) |
---|---|---|
Mean 1921—1925 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
1926 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
1927 | 4.5 | 0.8 |
1928 | 2.6 | 1.4 |
1929 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
1930 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
Mean 1926—1930 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
1931 | 3.5 | Nil |
1932 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
1933 | 10 | 0.5 |
It will be seen from this table that the percentage of adulteration
of all samples, formal and informal, in the year under review, is
the lowest therein recorded, and consequently the improvement
in the food supply of the Borough, referred to in previous reports,
is well maintained.
The following tables give details of the articles of which samples
were obtained for the purpose of analysis.
TABLE 1.
Nature of Sample. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
Butter | 8 | 41 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cheese | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Cocoa | — | 16 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
Coffee | — | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
Confectionery | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Cream | — | 29 | 29 | — | 0 | 0 |
Flour | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
Flour, Self-raising | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Jam and Marmalade | — | 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
Lard | — | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
Margarine | — | 43 | 43 | — | 0 | 0 |
Milk | 767 | — | 767 | 6 | — | 6 |
„ Separated | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
„ Condensed (Full Cream) | - | 9 | 9 | - | 0 | 0 |
„ „ (Machine Skimmed) | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
Sugar | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Tea | — | 15 | 15 | — | 0 | 0 |
Vinegar | 6 | - | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
Drugs | — | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
Other Articles | 3 | 192 | 195 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Total | 785 | 415 | 1200 | 8 | 2 | 10 |