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 | 73 | 249 | 322 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
Lard | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – |
Lemonade Crystals | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Lozenges, Peppermint | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Meat Preparations:— | ||||||
Black Puddings | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Faggots | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Hog's Pudding | 1 | – | 1 | – | — | – |
Meat Extract | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Meat Paste ... ; | – | 42 | 42 | – | – | – |
Meat Pie | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | |
Meat and Veg. | ||||||
Cubes | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Sausage Meat | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Sausage Roll | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Sausages, Beef | 4 | 1 | 4 | – | – | – |
„ Liver | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Luncheon | 4 | 3 | 7 | – | – | – |
„ Pork ... | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 1 |
Milk | 428 | – | 428 | 1 | – | 1 |
Mincemeat | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Oatmeal | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Oil, Olive | 3 | 3 | 6 | – | – | – |
Pea Flour | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
Pease Pudding | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Peel, Mixed | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Pickles | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Pudding Mixture ... | – | 10 | 10 | – | 1 | 1 |
Rennet Essence | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Sauces | 1 | 26 | 27 | – | – | – |
Soup, Canned | – | 16 | 16 | – | – | – |
„ Packet | – | 14 | 14 | – | – | – |
Soya Flour ... | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Spices | – | 29 | 29 | – | – | – |
Spread | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Stuffing | – | 10 | 10 | – | 1 | 1 |
Sun-Choc | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Tablets:— | ||||||
Fruit Preserving... | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Saccharin | – | 20 | 20 | – | – | – |
Tea Substitute | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Vinegar | 17 | – | 17 | – | – | – |
Wines, British | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | |
Yeast Extract | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Yoghourt | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Drugs (see following table) | – | 179 | 179 | – | – | – |
Totals | 557 | 643 | 1,200 | 6 | 12 | 18 |