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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
Hammersmith 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Article. | No. of Samples examined. | Result of Examination. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Inferior. | Adulterated. | ||
| Ginger, ground | 3 | |||
| Glauber's Salt | 2 | - | — | |
| Golden Syrup | 1 | - | — | |
| Glucose Barley Mints | - | — | ||
| Iodine ointment | - | 5 | ||
| ,, phenolated | — | — | ||
| ,, tincture, weak | 3 | - | — | |
| Jam | 7 | 7 | - | — |
| Jelly | 3 | - | — | |
| Ketchup, tomato | - | — | ||
| Lard | 7 | - | — | |
| Lemonade Powder | - | — | ||
| Margarine | - | — | ||
| Marmalade | 3 | — | — | |
| Meat Paste | - | — | ||
| „ Bie | 3 | - | — | |
| Milk | 315 | 270 | 38 | 7 |
| „ Condensed | — | — | ||
| ,, Skimmed | — | — | 2 | |
| Mincemeat | — | — | ||
| Olive Oil | — | — | ||
| Orange Curd | — | — | ||
| Paraffin, liquid | 2 | — | — | |
| Pepper | 5 | — | — | |
| Petroleum Jelly | — | — | ||
| Raisins | 2 | — | — | |
| Rice | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Sausages | — | 2 | ||
| Sauce, taint | — | — | ||
| „ tomato | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Scotch rarebit | — | |||
| Seidlitz Powder | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Semolina | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Sponge Cakes. | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| Suet | — | — | ||
| Sugar | 3 | — | — | |
| Sultanas | 2 | — | — | |
| Syrup of Figs | 2 | — | — | |
| Tea | — | — | ||
| Tomato Puree | — | — | ||
| Veal and Ham Cutlets | — | — | ||
| „ jellied | — | |||
| „ loaf | • | — | ||
| Vegetables, tinned | 7 | — | — | |
| Vinegar | 7 | — | — | |
| " Vitacup"„ | 1 | — | — | |
| Wine „ | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Zinc Ointment | — | — | ||
| Totals | 38 | 24 | ||