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 Hammersmith Borough]
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In Table II will be found a statement of the number and nature of the various articles examined during the year. Table II.
Article. | No. of Samples examined. | Result of Examination. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Genuine. | Inferior | Adulterated. | ||
Amnion. Quinine | 4 | 4 | - | - |
Aspirin Tablets | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Barley | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Brawn | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Butter | 48 | 47 | — | 1 |
Camphorated Oil | 4 | 3 | — | 1 |
Castor Oil | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Cheese | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Cheese and Tomato Paste | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Chicken Roll | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Chicken and Ham Roll | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Cocoa | 11 | 11 | — | — |
Coffee | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Confectionery | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Cream | 12 | 12 | — | — |
Epsom Salts | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Eucalyptus Oil | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Fish Paste | 8 | 8 | — | — |
Fruit, dried | 14 | 13 | — | 1 |
Fruit, tinned | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Herring Roes | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Honey | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Jam | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Lard | 8 | 8 | — | — |
Lemon Cheese | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Lemon Squash | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Margarine | 12 | 12 | — | — |
Marmalade | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Meat Paste | 3 | 3 | — | — |
Pie | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Milk | 346 | 324 | 18 | 4 |
„ Condensed | 23 | 23 | — | — |
Mincemeat | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Olive Oil | 8 | 8 | — | — |
Pepper | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Rice | 5 | 5 | — | — |
Sago | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Sauce | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Sausages | 17 | 17 | — | — |
Seidlitz Powder | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Semolina | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Tea | 4 | 4 | — | — |
Veal and Ham Loaf | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Vegetables, tinned | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Vinegar, Malt | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Whisky | 6 | 4 | — | 1 |
Wine Jelly | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Totals | 612 | 585 | 19 | 8 |