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 Holborn Borough]
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ARTICLE. | Number Purchased. | Result of Analysis. | Proceedings taken | Convictions. | Fines and Costs. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||||
Liniment of turpentine | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Margarine | 18 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Marmalade | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meat paste | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meat pie | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meat, minced | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | £5 fine |
Milk | 176 | 173 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Fine 30s. Costs, 10s. 6d. |
Milk, condensed | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Milk, dried | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mincemeat | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Oil, camphorated | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Oil, olive | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Ointment, blue | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Ointment, boraeic | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Orange crush | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Paregoric | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Peaches dried, | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pearl barley | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Peas, tinned | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pepper | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pickles | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Prescriptions | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Prunes | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Quinine and orange wine | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Rasins | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Roe | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Salad oil | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sauce | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sausages | 21 | 16 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... |
Sausage roll | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Spinach, tinned | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sponge cake | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sugar | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sultanas | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Suet, shredded | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sweet corn | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sweet spirits of nitre | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Swiss roll | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Sweets | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Syrup | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tea | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tincture of iodine | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tripe | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Vinegar | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Fine, 20s. Costs, 10s. 6d. |
Whisky | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Wine | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Zinc ointment | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | .. |
Total | 595 | 583 | 12 | 4 | 3 | Fines. £7 10s. Costs, £1 ls |
Informal Samples.
article. | Number Taken. | Result of Analysis. | |
---|---|---|---|
Genuine. | Adulterated. | ||
Cocoa | 2 | 2 | ... |
Rissole | 1 | 1 | ... |
Almonds, ground | 1 | 1 | ... |
Spice, mixed | 1 | 1 | ... |
5 | 5 | ... |