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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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The percentage of samples reported by the Public Analyst to be Iterated during the quinquennia 1921 to 1945 and yearly from 1946, is given in the following table: —
| Year | Formal samples (per cent.) | Informal samples (per cent.) |
|---|---|---|
| Mean 1921—1925 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
| „ 1926—1930 | 3.3 | 2.4 |
| „ 1931—1935 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| „ 1936—1940 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| „ 1941_1945 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 1947 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
The following tables give details of the articles of which samples
ei"e obtained for the purpose of analysis.
| Nature of Sample | Examined | Adulterated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Butter | 33 | - | 33 | 0 | - | 0 |
| Cocoa | — | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Coffee | 13 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Confectionery | 8 | - | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Flour, Self-raising | 8 | — | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Jam and Marmalade | 6 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Lard | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Margarine | 19 | — | 19 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Meat Products:— | ||||||
| Minced Meat | 3 | - | 3 | 0 | — ' | 0 |
| Sausages and Sausage Meat | 24 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milk | 415 | — | 415 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Milk, Condensed | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinegar, Malt | 14 | _ | ' 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinegar, Non-Brewed | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spirits, Whisky | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Other Articles | 32 | 409 | 441 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Drugs | — | 153 | 153 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 595 | 605 | 1,200 | 3 | 10 | 13 |