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.
This page requires JavaScript
The following tables give details of the articles of food of which sample were obtained for the purpose of analysis.
Nature of Sample | Examined | Adulterated | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Baking Powder | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Blancmange Powder | - | 2 | 2 | — | - | - |
Bread | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Butter | 29 | - | 29 | - | - | - |
Cake and Pudding Mixture | 1 | 16 | 17 | - | - | - |
Cereal Preparations | 2 | 10 | 12 | - | - | - |
Cheese | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Cider Vinegar | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Chocolate Spread | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Cocoa | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
Coconut, Desiccated | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - |
Coconut, Sweetened | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Coffee | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
Coffee and Chicory Essence | 8 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - |
Confectionery Flour | 7 | 1 | 8 | - | - | - |
Confectionery Sugar | 6 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - |
Custard Powder | — | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
Dressed Crab | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Fish Paste | - | 15 | 15 | - | - | - |
Flavourings | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - |
Food, Self-Raising | 17 | — | 17 | - | - | - |
Food-Colour | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Fruit, dried | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | - |
Fruit, tinned | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Fruit Preserving Tablets | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Gelatine | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | - |
Ginger, ground | _ | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
Glucose | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Golden Raising Powder | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Gravy Preparations | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - | - |
Honey | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Ice Cream | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Jam | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - |
Jelly | 11 | 3 | 14 | - | - | - |
Jelly Crystals | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Lard and Preparations | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Lard and other Fats | 12 | 2 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 |
Carried forward | 118 | 102 | 220 | 1 | 2 | 3 |