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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table III—continued.
| Article. | No. of Samples examined. | Result of Examination. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Inferior. | Adulterated. | ||
| Liquid Paraffin | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Margarine | 8 | 8 | – | – |
| Marmalade | 5 | 5 | – | – |
| Meat Paste | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| „ Pie | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Milk | 407 | 364 | 33 | 10 |
| ,, Condensed | 27 | 26 | – | 1 |
| Mincemeat | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Mustard | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Olive Oil | 1o | 10 | – | – |
| Orangeade Powder | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Parrish's Food | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Pepper | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Rice | 5 | 4 | – | 1 |
| Sauce | 5 | 4 | – | 1 |
| Sausages | 18 | 16 | – | 2 |
| Seidlitz Powder | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Semolina | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Sherry Trifle | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Spice (ground) | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Sugar (icing) | 3 | 1 | – | 2 |
| „ (pudding) | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Sultana pudding | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Sweets | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Syrup of Figs | 4 | 3 | – | 1 |
| Tea | 6 | 6 | – | – |
| Tomato Juice | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| „ Paste | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| „ Soup | 6 | 4 | – | 2 |
| „ (tinned) | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Vegetables (tinned) | 9 | 9 | – | – |
| Vinegar | 8 | – | – | 8 |
| „ (malt) | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Whisky | 11 | 9 | – | 2 |
| Wine (raisin) | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Zinc Ointment | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Totals | 800 | 724 | 39 | 37 |
Milk.
In the first quarter of the year nine adulterated milks
were reported; all of these were from a single source. In
the second quarter only one was reported against and in
the remaining half-year none at all. If, therefore, we leave
out of account the actual number of milks adulterated, we