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 Bethnal Green Borough]
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TABLE 14
Summary of Analyst's Reports
| Article | Samples taken formally | Samples taken informally | Total number of samples taken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated | No. taken | Genuine | Adulterated | ||
| Milk | 58 | 57 | 1 | 72 | 72 | — | 130 |
| Pasteurised milk | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | — | 8 |
| Sterilised milk | 2 | 2 | — | 7 | 7 | — | 9 |
| Butter | — | — | _ | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Peanut Butter | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Margarine | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cheese | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Artificial cream | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Vinegar | 35 | 34 | 1 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 66 |
| Acetic Acid | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Frying oil | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Pepper | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Salad cream | — | — | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Culinary powders and flavourings | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | — | 8 |
| Mixed spice | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bread | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Buttered rolls | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Wheat puffies | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cake flour | — | — | — | 1 | j | — | 1 |
| Cake and sponge mixture | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Barley | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Groats | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Jam | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 4 |
| Honey | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Sweets | 3 | 3 | — | 11 | 11 | — | 14 |
| Chocolate | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cordials | 2 | 2 | — | 7 | 7 | — | 9 |
| Ginger wine | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Lemonade fizz | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Table jelly | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | |
| Mincemeat | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | |
| Malted milk tablets | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Lemon butter | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Sugar | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Junket | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Glace cherries | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Desiccated coconut | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Spreads | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Vermicelli | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Sausages | 14 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 34 | |
| Sausage meat | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Liver sausage | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Vienna sausages | — | — | —_ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Meat paste | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Vegetable soup | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Gelatine | — | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| Rum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Whisky | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Drugs | 1 | — | 1 | 36 | — | 1 | 37 |
| Total | 131 | 127 | 4 | 269 | 264 | 5 | 400 |