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 Analyses. | Proceedings taken | Convictions. | Fines and Costs. | |
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Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||||
Beef, pressed | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Bicarbonate of soda | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Borax | 8 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Brandy | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Brawn | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Bread and butter | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Butter | 47 | 47 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cake | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Calomel ointment | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Carbonate of soda | 1 | — | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
Cheese | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chocolates | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Christmas pudding | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cinnamon | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Coffee extract | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Coffee and chicory extract | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Comp. tincture of rhubart | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cream | 18 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cream, canned | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cream pastries | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Crystallised fruit | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Doughnuts | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Dripping | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Egg substitute | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Fish paste | 9 | 9 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Fruit cordial | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Gin | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Glycerine | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Grape fruit juice | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ice cream | 18 | 18 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Jam | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lard | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lemonade | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lemonade powder | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lemon squash | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Lime juice cordial | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Liniment of iodine | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Liniment of turpentine | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Lozenges, cough | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Margarine | 10 | 10 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Marmalade | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meat paste | 5 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meat, minced | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Milk | 151 | 147 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Fine 40s. Costs, 10s. 6d. |
Milk, condensed | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Milk, dried | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mincemeat | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Mineral water | 1 | l | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Oil, camphorated | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Oil, olive | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ointment, blue | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ointment, boracic | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ointment, gall and opium | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ointment, sulphur | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Ointment, white precipitate | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Orange crush | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Paregoric | 6 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pearl barley | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Peas, dried | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Peas, tinned | 7 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pepper | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Peroxide of hydrogen | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pickles | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Prescriptions | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Quinine and orange wine | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Salad oil | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Salmon, canned | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... |