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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The following tables give details of the articles of which samples
were obtained for the purpose of analysis.
| Examined. | Adulterated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Sample | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
| Bread | - | 8 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Butter | 6 | 61 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheese | - | 4 | 4 | -_ | 0 | 0 |
| Cocoa | - | 16 | 16 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Coffee | - | 9 | 9 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Confectionery and Jam | - | 12 | 12 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Cream | - | 28 | 28 | - | 0 | 0 |
| „ (Tinned) | - | 8 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Flour | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Flour, Self-raising | - | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Margarine | - | 24 | 24 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Milk | 748 | - | 748 | 5 | - | 5 |
| ,, Separated | 2 | - | 2 | 0 | - | 0 |
| ,, Condensed (Full Cream) | - | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| ,, ,, (Machine Skimmed) | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mustard | - | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Tea | - | 20 | 20 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Vinegar | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 0 |
| Drugs | - | 28 | 28 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other Articles | 2 | 206 | 208 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| Total | 759 | 441 | 1200 | 5 | 22 | 27 |
TABLE II. Drugs.
| Examined. | Adulterated. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Sample. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
| Aspirin Tablets | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Bicarbonate of Soda | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Camphorated Oil | — | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Cream of Tartar | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Iodine, Paint | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| ,, Tincture | — | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Ointment, Boric | - | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 |
| „ Zinc | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Total | — | 28 | 28 | — | 1 | 1 |