London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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Table V (Continued)
| Number Examined | Number Adulterated | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Fish Cakes | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Flour (2 plain, 5 self-raising) | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Fruit, Pears | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Fruit, Dried Figs | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Gelatine | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Ginger (Ground) | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Glycerine | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Gravy Preparations | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Herbs (Dried) (3 mixed, 1 mint, 1 sage) | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Honey | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Iodine, Tincture of | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Jam (3 apricot, 1 blackcurrant, 1 cherry 1 gooseberry, 6 greengage, 1 Guava jelly, 1 red plum, 1 raspberry, 1 strawberry) | — | 16 | 16 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Jelly | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Junket Preparation | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lemonade Powders | — | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Macaroni | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Margarine | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Meat (Beaver) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Meat Products | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Meat (Canned) | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Meat Pies | — | 16 | 16 | — | — | — |
| Meat Paste | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Meat and Yeast Extracts | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Milk | 101 | 27 | 128 | — | — | — |
| Milk, Evaporated | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Mussels (Canned) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Mustard (including prepared 2) | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Pastry Mix | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Pectin | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Peel (Dried) | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Pepper | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Pickles (1 sweet, 2 mixed, 1 piccalilli) | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Potato Crisps | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Quinine, Ammoniated Tincture | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Sago | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Salt | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Salad Cream and Mayonnaise | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sal Volatile | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Sandwich Spread | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sauces (including 3 tomato ketchup) | — | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | |
| Sausages | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sausages (Cooked) (2 breakfast, 1 liver, 1 salami) | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sausage Rolls | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Semolina | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Senna Pods | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Sherbert Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soda, Bicarbonate of | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Soup (Canned) | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Soup (Powder) | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Soya, Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Spices (1 nutmeg, 7 mixed, 1 cloves) | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Stuffing Mixtures | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Sugar | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Sulphur Ointment | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Tea | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Tomato Spread | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Turmeric (Powdered) | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Vegetables (Dried) (1 mixed, 1 peas, 2 potato) | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar (3 malt, 1 non-brewed) | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Wines (1 ginger, 1 port-type) | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Zinc and Castor Oil Cream | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Totals | 104 | 427 | 531 | 2 | 14 | 16 |