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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Food | Number Examined | Number Adulterated | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Brought forward | __ | 248 | 248 | — | 10 | 10 |
Meat, Products | — | 54 | 54 | — | 1 | 1 |
Meat Products Frozen | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Meat, Products Canned | __ | 18 | 18 | — | — | __ |
Meat, Paste | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Menthol and Eucalyptus Pastilles | __ | 1 | 1 | — | —- | — |
Milk | __ | 23 | 23 | — | — | __ |
Milk, condensed, full cream, | — | — | — | — | ||
sweetened | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Milk, condensed, full cream, | — | — | — | — | ||
unsweetened | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Milk condensed, machine skimmed, | — | — | — | — | ||
sweetened | — | 1 | I | — | — | — |
Milk Pudding | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Mustard | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Mincemeat | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Nuts | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Oil, Cooking | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Olives bottled | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Olive Oil | __ | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Pasta | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | __ |
Pastry, Uncooked | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
Parrish's Chemical Food | __ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Peanut Butter | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | __ |
Pease Pudding, | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | __ |
Peel, Candied | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Pepper | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Petroleum Jelly | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Pickles | __ | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
Potato Crisps | __ | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | I |
Potato Puffs | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | __ |
Proprietary Foods | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
Proprietary Medicines | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
Pudding Canned | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | __ |
Puddings | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Rice | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Rose-Hip Syrup | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
Saccharin Tablets | __ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Sago | __ | 1 | 1 | __ | __ | __ |
Salt | __ | 4 | 4 | __ | 1 | 1 |
Sauce | __ | 11 | 11 | __ | — | __ |
Sausages and Sausage Meat | — | 8 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 |
Spice | — | 8 | 8 | — | — | — |
Soda, Bicarbonate of | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Soup, Preparation | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Suet | __ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Stuffing Mixture | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Sugar | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Tea | — | 1 | 1 | — | —- | — |
Tomatoes Canned | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Tomato Puree | __ | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Tomato Paste, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Treacle | __ | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
Vegetables, Dried | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Vegetables, Frozen | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Vegetables. Canned | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Vinegar, Malt | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Vinegar, Imitation | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Witch Hazel | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Wine | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Whisky | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
Yogurt | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Yeast Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Zinc and Castor Oil Cream | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Totals | — | 477 | 477 | — | 18 | 18 |