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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

Battersea 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: TABLE II.Drugs.

TABLE II.

Drugs.

Examined.Adulterated.
Nature of Sample.Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
Cream of Tartar_33_00
Ointment, Boric—44—00
Total—77—00

Table: TABLE III.Other Articles.

TABLE III.

Other Articles.

Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
Arrowroot_44_00
Custard Powder—1212—00
Dripping—1111—00
Fish Paste—66—00
„ Tinned—77—00
Flavouring essence—22—00
Fruits, dried22628112
„ tinned—•44—00
Ginger, ground—33—00
Jelly, table—88—00
Junket Crystals—33—00
Lemonade Powder—88—00
Meat, minced—44—00
Oatmeal—44—00
Oats, crushed—11—00
Olive Oil—77—00
Peel, Candied—88—00
Pepper—77—00
Rice—1515—00
Sago—11—00
Sardines & Tomatoes—44—00
Sauce, Tomato—33—00
Sausages11011112
,, preserved—33—00
Soup, Desiccated—44—00
Sponge Cakes—1212—00
Spice, Mixed—77—00
Tapioca—11—00
Vegetables, tinned—33—00
Wines non-alcoholic—44—00
Total3192195224

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Milk.
Of the 768 samples of milk (all formal and including 1 sample
of separated milk) submitted during the year, 6 or 0.8 per cent.,
were reported as adulterated, 4 of these samples being deficient in