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 | Examined | Adulterated | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Brought forward | 57 | 225 | 282 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Lard | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Lemon Barley Water | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Lemonade Crystals | – | 10 | 10 | – | – | – |
Margarine | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
Meat Preparations : — | ||||||
Black Pudding | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Meat Paste | – | 36 | 36 | – | – | – |
Meat Pies | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
Meat and Vegetable Extract | – | 6 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 |
Sausages | 18 | 2 | 20 | – | – | – |
Sausage Meat | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
Milk | 462 | – | 462 | – | – | – |
Milk, Condensed | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – |
Mincemeat | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Mineral Waters | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
Molasses | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Oil, Olive | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 |
Pea Flour | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Pickles and Sauces | 1 | 33 | 34 | – | – | – |
Pudding Mixture | 1 | 20 | 20 | – | 2 | 2 |
Rennet | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Soup, Canned | – | 19 | 19 | – | – | – |
Soup, Packet | – | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
Spices | – | 32 | 32 | – | – | – |
Stuffing | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
Suet, Shredded | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
Sweets | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – |
Tablets : — | ||||||
Thirst Quenchers | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Saccharin | – | 17 | 17 | – | – | – |
Tea | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
Vinegar, Malt | 18 | – | 18 | – | – | – |
Vinegar, Non-Brewed | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 1 |
Wines, Non-Alcoholic | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
Yoghourt | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Drugs (see following table) | 1 | 176 | 177 | – | 2 | 2 |
Totals | 595 | 605 | 1,200 | 3 | 9 | 12 |