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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

Bethnal Green 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: The details are given in the following table :— SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

The details are given in the following table :— SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS.

ArticleSamples taken formally Samples taken informallyTotal number of samples taken
No. takenGenuineAdulteratedNo. takenGenuineAdulterated
Milk3503479321359
Sterilised Milk............11....1
Butter9897144....102
Margarine44................4
Cream55................5
Canned Cream11................1
Cheese33................3
Lard33....11....4
Dripping55................5
Fat Mixture1....1............1
Cooking Fat11................1
Mustard22....22....4
Vinegar444311....145
Malt Vinegar11................1
Tomato Sauce1]................1
Horse Radish Sauce11....11....2
Ground Ginger............11....1
Pearl Barley............44....4
Jam3434....54139
Honey22................2
Apricot Curd Table Jelly11................1
41344....8
Chocolate Roll113885319
Ice Cream............11....1
Minced Meat11....1111....12
Sweets66....22....8
Dried Fruits11....99....10
Preserved Fruits............22....2
Preserved Peel11....11....2
Lemon Curd11................1
Lemon Squash11................1
Ginger Wine33................8
Cordials............1010....10
Bread............44....4
Flour............44....4
Potato Meal11................1
Baked Beans............11....1
Ground Almonds............11....1
Gin22................2
Whisky66....11....7
Tea............22....2
Cooked Meat11................1
Sausages2....2............2
Filleted Herring............11....1
Canned Fish11....1212....13
Pickled Fish............22....2
Aspirin Tablets54111....6
Olive Oil21l............2
Sulphur Ointment11................1
Chillie Paste............11....1
Other Drugs............9810
Totals613580271101037723