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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 1935

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

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Table: TABLE III. Other Articles.

TABLE III. Other Articles.

Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
Almonds, ground—44—00
Cakes, sponge—1212—00
Cornflour—44—00
Cream sandwich2810246
Custard powder—1616—00
Dripping—1111—00
Fish, bottled—11—00
„ canned—1010—00
,, paste—33—00
Fruits, dried—1515—00
Ginger, ground—44—00
Jelly, table—66—00
Junket preparations—44—00
Lard substitute—33—00
Lemonade powder ...—44—22
Meat, minced—33—00
„ paste—1100
Oatmeal—11—00
Olive Oil—88—00
Peel, Candied—88—00
Pepper—44—00
Rice—1818—00
Sago—11—00
Sausages—44—00
,, breakfast ...—44—00
Spice, Mixed—44—00
Sponge mixture—44—00
Suet, shredded—44—00
Tapioca—66—00
Wines, non-alcoholic—33—00
Total2178180268

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Milk.
Of the 738 samples of milk (all formal) submitted during the
year, 6 or 0.8 per cent. were reported as adulterated, 4 of these
samples being deficient in milk fat and 2 containing extraneous
water. The percentages of extraneous water found in the 2
adulterated samples were 2 and 7 respectively, whilst the deficiency
in milk fat in the 4 samples so reported against ranged from
4 to 15 per cent.
In the 5 years 1930-34, and in 1935, the percentage of adulterated
(formal) samples of milk was as under:—