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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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confectionery | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Dates | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 |
| Milk powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Peas, tinned | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Spinach, tinned | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 16 | 18•7 |
Action Taken in regard to Formal Samples Purchased under the food and drugs (adulteration) act during the year 1937.
| Sample No. | Article. | Particulars of Adulteration or Infringement. | Fine | Costs. | Remarks. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 30 Y | Milk | 8 per cent. milk fat abstracted | — | — | Warning letter | ||||
| 47 Y | Do. | 1 per cent. added water | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 51 Y | Do. | Do. | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 26 S | Do. | Do. | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 66 Y | Do. | 37 per cent. milk fat abstracted | — | — | — | ||||
| 67 Y | Do. | 0.7 per cent. added water | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 68 Y | Do. | 1 per cent. do. | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 71 Y | Do. | 0.8 per cent. do. | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 72 Y | Do. | 0.8 per cent do. | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 27 Y | Pork and Beans with Tomato Sauce | The sample contained no pork. | — | — | Do. | ||||
| 65 Y | Do. | Do. | — | 26 | 5 | 0 | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act upon payment of costs | ||
| 73 Y | Zinc Ointment | Zinc Oxide 26.3 per cent. deficient | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | — |
| 74 Y | do. | do. 44•0 per cent. deficient | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — |
| 171 Y | Beef minced | Sulphur Dioxide 210 parts per million | - | 5 | 5 | 0 | Dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act upon payment of costs | ||
| 3 W | Milk | 3 per cent. added water | - | - | Warning letter | ||||