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 | 245 | 152 | 397 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
Mustard | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Non-brewed Condiment | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
Nut Oil | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
Olive Oil | 4 | – | 4 | – | – | – |
Pea Flour | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Peel, Mixed | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
pepper | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Pickles | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Saccharin Tablets | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
fauces | 3 | 18 | 21 | – | – | – |
Soft Drinks | 5 | 5 | 10 | – | – | – |
Soups, Canned | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Soups, Powder | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Sices and Condiments | – | 16 | 16 | – | 1 | 1 |
Stuffing | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Suet | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 |
Sugar | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Tea | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Vinegar | 17 | 2 | 19 | – | – | – |
Wine | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – |
Yeast Extract | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Totals | 290 | 221 | 511 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
Drugs. The following table gives details of the drugs of which samples were obtained for the purpose of analysis:—
Nature of Sample | EXAMINED | ADULTERATED | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Cream of Tartar | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Glycerin | 5 | – | 5 | – | – | – |
Honey and Lemon | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Iodine, Tincture of | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 |
Linctus | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – |
Oil Camphorated | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Oil, Castor | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Oil, Halibut | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Ointment, Sulphur | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Ointment, Zinc | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Paraffin, Liquid | – | 1 | 5 | – | – | – |
Salts, Epsom | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Salts, Glauber | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Salts, Fynnon | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
Seidlitz Powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Soda, Bicarbonate of | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Syrup of Figs | – | 1 | 1 | — | – | – |
Tablets:- | ||||||
Aspirin | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Soda Mint | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
SulPhur | – | 1 | 1 | – | — | |
Totals | 9 | 40 | 49 | 1 | 1 |