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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 1950

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

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Table: TABLE 14Summary of Analyst's Reports

TABLE 14

Summary of Analyst's Reports

ArticleSamples taken formallySamples taken informallyTotal number of samples taken
No. takenGenuineAdulteratedNo. takenGenuineAdulterated
Milk585717272—130
Pasteurised milk———88—8
Sterilised milk22—77—9
Butter——_333
Peanut Butter——11—1
Margarine———11—1
Cheese———11—1
Artificial cream———11—1
Vinegar353413130166
Acetic Acid———22—2
Frying oil———33—3
Pepper———55—5
Salad cream———6516
Culinary powders and flavourings———88—8
Mixed spice———11—1
Bread———11—1
Buttered rolls1—1———1
Wheat puffies———11—1
Cake flour———1j—1
Cake and sponge mixture———33—3
Barley———22——
Groats———11—2
Jam11—33—4
Honey———22—2
Sweets33—1111—14
Chocolate———11—1
Cordials22—77—9
Ginger wine11————1
Lemonade fizz———11—1
Table jelly———22—2
Mincemeat———44—4
Malted milk tablets———11—1
Lemon butter———11—1
Sugar———11—1
Junket———11—1
Glace cherries———111
Desiccated coconut———11—1
Spreads———44—4
Vermicelli———11—1
Sausages14142018234
Sausage meat11—1
Liver sausage———11—1
Vienna sausages———_111
Meat paste———44—4
Vegetable soup———11—1
Gelatine———44—4
Rum22————2
Whisky1111————11
Drugs1—136—137
Total13112742692645400