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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TABLE II.
Nature of sample. | Examined. | Adulterated. |
---|---|---|
Epsom salts | 6 | 0 |
Ointment, Boric | 13 | 0 |
Seidlitz powder | 4 | 0 |
Tincture, ammoniated, of quinine | 4 | 0 |
Total | 27 | 0 |
TABLE III.
Nature of sample. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
Almonds, ground | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Barley, pearl | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Butter on bread | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cakes, sponge | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Cheese and tomato paste | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Cornflour | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Dripping | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fish, canned | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
„ paste | — | 11 | 11 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fruits, dried | — | 19 | 19 | — | 0 | 0 |
Honey | — | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 |
„ prepared | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Jelly, table | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Junket crystals | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
Lemonade (cube and crystals) | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Meat paste | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Mincemeat (fruit) | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Olive oil | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Peel, candied, mixed | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Pepper | — | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Powder, blancmange | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
„ custard | — | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
Rice | — | 15 | 15 | — | 0 | 0 |
Sago | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Spice, mixed | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Sponge mixture | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Suet, shredded | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Tapioca | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Vegetables, Tinned (peas) | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Wines, non-alcoholic | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 182 | 183 | 0 | 1 | 1 |