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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TABLE V (Continued).
| Food | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total. | |
| Brought forward | – | 253 | 253 | – | 5 | 5 |
| Meat Products | – | 35 | 35 | – | 2 | 2 |
| Meat Products, Canned | – | 6 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Medicines | – | 16 | 16 | – | – | – |
| Milk Puddings, Canned | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Milk | – | 27 | 27 | – | – | – |
| Milk, Condensed | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Milk, Evaporated | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Mincemeat | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Molasses | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Mustard, Prepared | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oats, Breakfast | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Oil, Cooking | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Olive Oil | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Olives, Stuffed | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Paraffin, Medicinal | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Parrish's Food | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Pastry, Uncooked | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Peanut Butter | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Peel, Candied | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Pepper | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Pickles | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Potato Crisps | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Potatoes, Fried | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Proprietary Foods, Sundry | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Pudding, Christmas | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Rice | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Saccharin Tablets | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Salad Cream | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
| Sauce | – | 14 | 14 | – | – | – |
| Sausages | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Savoury Mixture | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Semolina | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Sherbet | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Soda, Bicarbonate I C /— | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Soup, Canned | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Soup, Preparation | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Spices | – | 4 | 4 | – | 2 | 2 |
| Spread, Chocolate | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Spread, Orange | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Spread, Sandwich | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Suet, Shredded | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Sugar | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Syrup, Golden | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Tapioca | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Tea | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Tomatoes, Canned | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Tomato Puree | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Treacle | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Vegetables, Canned | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Vegetables, Dried | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Vinegar | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Vinegar, Imitation | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Yeast Tablets | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Totals | – | 489 | 489 | – | 11 | 11 |