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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Battersea 1955
[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 | |