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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
Deptford 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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Samples Taken—continued.
| Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
| Fish, tinned | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Flour, egg, self-raising | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Flour | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
| Fruits, dried | 19 | .. | 19 | .. |
| Fruit, tinned | 7 | 1 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Gelatine | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Ginger, crystalliised | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Jam, black currant | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Jam, raspberry, seedless | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Jam, strawberry | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Jelly, table | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Lemonade powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Malt extract, with cod liver oil | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Macaroni, cut | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Margarine | .. | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Meat paste | 9 | .. | 9 | .. |
| Milk | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Milk, condensed | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Milk, dried | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Milk food, modified | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Mincemeat | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Mint, dried | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pickles | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pepper | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Parrish's chemical food | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Peas, tinned | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Peel chopped | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Pork and beans, with tomato sauce | .. | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Pineapple, glace | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Rice ground | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Salad cream | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Sild, tinned | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27•3 |
| Sage | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Stuffing, sage and onions | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Sultanas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Sweets | 20 | 2 | 22 | 9.1 |
| Tea siftings | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Treacle | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Tripe | 2 | •• | 2 | .. |
| Zinc ointment, B.C. | .. | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Vinegar | 6 | • • | 6 | .. |
| Wine, alcoholic | 10 | .. | 10 | .. |
| Wine, non alcoholic | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
| Total Informal Samples | 171 | 11 | 182 | 60 |