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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Drugs.
Nature of Sample | Examined | Adulterated | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Glycerine | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Glycerine, Honey and Lemon | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Iodine, Tincture of | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Oil, Camphorated | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Oil, Castor | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Ointment, Sulphur | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Ointment, Zinc | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Salts, Epsom | 3 | 2 | 5 | – | – | – |
Salts, Glauber | 1 | 3 | 4 | – | – | – |
Seidlitz Powders | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Soda, Bicarbonate of | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Tablets:— | r> | |||||
Aspirin | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
Soda-Mint | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Sulphur | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Totals | 6 | 52 | 58 | – | – | – |
In the five years 1947-51 and in 1952 the percentage of adulterated samples of milk was as under:—
Year | Samples taken | Adulterated | |
---|---|---|---|
No. | Percentage | ||
1947 | 415 | 0 | 0.0 |
1948 | 402 | 0 | 0.0 |
1949 | 421 | 10 | 2.4 |
1950 | 462 | 0 | 0.0 |
1951 | 428 | 1 | 0.2 |
Mean | 426 | 2 | 0.5 |
1952 | 101 | 0 | 0.0 |