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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
Lambeth 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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Food and Drugs. Samples of Food and Drugs procured
together with the results of the analyses, were as follows:—
| Samples. | Formal. | Informal. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. | Number Analysed. | Number Adulterated. | |
| Milk | 558 | 18 | - | - |
| Butter | 51 | 1 | 440 | 14 |
| Lard | 45 | — | — | — |
| Coffee | 38 | — | 42 | 1 |
| Condensed Milk | — | — | 1 | — |
| Margarine | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Mustard | 18 | — | 23 | 2 |
| Pepper | 21 | — | 19 | — |
| Arrowroot | — | — | 28 | — |
| Vinegar | 18 | — | 7 | — |
| Sago | — | — | 11 | — |
| Oatmeal | — | — | 21 | — |
| Ground Rice | 6 | — | 20 | — |
| Flour | — | — | 5 | — |
| Dripping | — | — | 28 | — |
| Drugs1 | 2 | 1 | 158 | 7 |
| Rice | 1 | — | 71 | 2 |
| Tapioca | — | — | 11 | — |
| Baking Powder | — | — | 19 | — |
| Self-Raising Flour | — | — | 34 | — |
| Suet | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cocoa | — | — | 100 | 3 |
| Sugar | — | — | 1 | — |
| Olive Oil | 10 | — | — | — |
| Pea Flour | — | — | 12 | — |
| Ground Ginger | — | — | 6 | — |
| Tea | — | — | 12 | — |
| Honey | — | — | 4 | — |
| Whisky | 2 | — | — | — |
| Rum | 3 | — | — | — |
| Mincemeat | — | — | 4 | — |
| Ground Almonds | — | — | 6 | — |
| Custard Powder | — | — | 14 | — |
| Potted Fish | — | — | 3 | — |
| Peas (Tinned) | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Cakes, Sponge | — | — | 31 | 8 |
| Eggs Substitute | — | — | 8 | — |
| Lime Juice | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Semolina | — | — | 17 | — |
* The drugs (160) were:—Epsom Salts (13), Gregory's Powder (11), Ammoniated
Tincture of Quinine (22), Cream of Tartar (13), Bicarbonate of
Soda (15), Camphorated Oil (13, of which 2 were formal), Milk of Sulphur (8),
Boric Ointment (14), Tincture of Iodine, fort. (8), Tartaric Acid (13), Tincture
of Iodine (4), Zinc Ointment (8), Friars Balsam (9), Iron Pills (4), Rochelle
Salts (5). 1 formal sample of Camphorated Oil was adulterated.