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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Food Sampling.
A total of 490 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the
Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 478 were formal samples and 12
were informal.
Article.
Number of
Samples purchased.
Baking Powder 2
Beer, Wines and Spirits 6
Blackcurrant Juice 2
Butter 4
Buttermilk 1
Cake Mixture 3
Cakes 3
Cereals 5
Cheese 12
Cocoa 1
Coffee 6
Condiments 11
Confectionery 11
Cooking Fat or Lard 6
Cream, Tinned 1
Custard Powder 1
Dandelion Coffee 1
Drugs and Medical Preparations 12
Essences and Flavourings 5
Fish, tinned, and Fish Paste 6
Fruits, fresh, tinned and preserved 34
Fruit Pie 2
Gelatine 2
Ginger 1
Glace Cherries 2
Glucose Barley Sugar 1
Herbs and Spices 4
Honey 2
Ice Cream 31
Jams and Preserves 5
Jelly and Jelly Crystals 4
Lemonade 1
Margarine 3
Meat and Meat Preparations 62
Meatless Sausage 1