Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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TABLE V Samples of Food Submitted for Analysis.
Food | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total. | |
Almonds, Ground | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Angelica | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Arrowroot | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Aspirin Tablets | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Bacon | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Baking Powder | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Beer, Canned | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | – |
Biscuits | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Bread | – | 8 | 8 | – | – | – |
Breadcrumbs | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Butter | – | 16 | 16 | – | – | – |
Cake Mixture | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Calamine Lotion | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Camphorated Oil | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Castor Oil | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cheese and Cheese Spread | – | 11 | 11 | – | – | – |
Cheese Fingers | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cheese Fritters | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cheese Rolls | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Clove, Oil of | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Cocoa | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Coconut, Desiccated | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Coffee and Chicory | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Coffee Extract | – | 8 | 8 | – | 1 | 1 |
Confectionery, Flour | – | 16 | 16 | – | – | – |
Confectionery, Sugar (incl. Bubble Gum) | 1 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cooking Fat | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Cream (incl. sterilised) | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
Curry Powder | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Custard Powder | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Dessert Powder | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Drinks, Soft | – | 6 | 6 | – | 1 | 1 |
Drinks, Soft—Powder | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Eucalyptus, Oil of | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Fish (Haddock) | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Fish and Chips (Fried) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Fish (Canned) | – | 20 | 20 | – | – | – |
Fishcakes (Frozen) | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Fish Paste | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Flavouring Essence | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Flour | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Friar's Balsam | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Fruit, Canned | – | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
Fruit, Dried | – | 23 | 23 | – | 1 | 1 |
Fruit, Glace | – | 4 | 4 | – | 2 | 2 |
Fruit Juice | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Fruit Curd | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Fruit Pie | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Gelatine | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Ginger, Crystallised | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Gravy Preparation | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Herbs, Dried | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Honey | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Hydrogen Peroxide | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Ice Cream | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Ice Lollie | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
lodine, Tincture of | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
lodine, Decolourised Tincture of | – | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 |
Jam | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Jelly Tablets | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Lard | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Margarine | – | 7 | 7 | – | – | – |
Magnesia Tablets | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Marmalade | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Marzipan | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Meat, Minced (Beef) | – | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
Meat Paste | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Meat Products | – | 41 | 41 | – | 2 | 2 |
Meat Products, Canned | – | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
Carried Forward | 1 | 328 | 329 | 1 | 9 | 10 |