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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Nature of Sample | Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arrowroot | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Baking Mixture | - | 15 | 15 | - | 0 | 0 |
Baking Powder | - | 10 | 10 | - | 1 | 1 |
Cereal Preparations | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chocolate Preparations | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
Cocoa Preparations | - | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Coffee and Chicory Essence | - | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 |
Cooking Fat | 8 | - | 8 | 0 | — | 0 |
Curry Powder | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fish, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fish Paste | — | 57 | 57 | — | 0 | 0 |
Flavouring Essences | — | 16 | 16 | — | 0 | 0 |
Fruit, Dried | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | |
Gelatine | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Golden Raising Powder | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
Gravy Preparations | — | 18 | 18 | — | 0 | 0 |
Ground Ginger | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Herbs and Stuffing | — | 14 | 14 | — ■ | 1 | 1 |
Jelly | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
Junket Preparations | — | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 |
Lemonade Crystals | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Lime-juice Substitute | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Meat Extract | — | 9 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 |
Meat Paste | 1 | 46 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Meat Pies | 6 | — | 6 | 0 | — | 0 |
Mustard Preparations | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Oatmeal | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pea Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Pepper | — | 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
Pickles and Sauces | — | 41 | 41 | — | 0 | 0 |
Powder, Blancmange | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Powder, Custard | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Pudding Mixtures | — | 12 | 12 | — ' | 0 | 0 |
Soup, Canned | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
Soup Powder | — | 10 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 |
Spices and Condiments | - | 30 | 30 | - | 0 | 0 |
Table Dessert | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
Tablets, Fruit Preserving | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Tablets, Saccharin | — | 7 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 |
Tomato Savoury | 1 | — | I | 0 | — | 0 |
Vita-Cup | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 32 | 409 | 441 | 2 | 7 | 6 |