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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 1956
[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 236 188 424 1 — 1
Mustard — 3 3 — — —
Non-brewed Condiment 1 — 1 — — —
Olive Oil 3 — 3 — — —
Pea Flour — 2 2 — — —
Pepper — 4 4 — — —
Pickles — 5 5 — —
Plum Pudding — 1 1 — —
Saccharin Tablets — 1 1 — — —
Sandwich Spread — 1 1 — —
Sauces — 9 9 — — —
Soft Drinks 2 2 4 — —
Soups, Canned — 1 1 — —
Soups, Powder — 4 4 — —
Spices and Condiments — 13 13 — — —
Stuffing —4 4— — —
Suet 2 — 2 — — —
Sugar 1 — 1 — —
Tea 4 — 4 — — —
Vinegar 24 — 24 1 — 1
Totals 273 238 511 2 — 2
Drugs.
The following table gives details of the drugs of which sample were obtained for the purpose of analysis:—
| Nature of Sample | EXAMINED | ADULTERATED | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Glycerin | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Linctus | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Lozenges | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Oil, Camphorated | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Oil, Castor | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Ointment, Sulphur | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ointment, Zinc | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Paraffin, Liquid | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Salts, Epsom | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Salts, Glauber | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Seidlitz Powder | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Soda, Bicarbonate of ... | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Tablets:— | ||||||
| Aspirin | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Soda Mint | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Totals | 8 | 35 | 43 | — | — | — |