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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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| Samples | Formal | Informal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Analysed | Number Adulterated | Number Analysed | Number Adulterated | |
| Apples | - | - | 6 | _ |
| Arrowroot | — | — | 9 | - |
| Bacon | — | — | 3 | - |
| Baking Powder | — | — | 6 | - |
| Barley, Pearl | — | — | 9 | - |
| Biscuits | 1 | — | — | - |
| Bread | — | — | 14 | - |
| Butter | 32 | — | 275 | 3 |
| Cake | — | — | 3 | — |
| Cake Mixture | — | — | 6 | — |
| Cakes, Sponge | — | — | 15 | — |
| Candied Peel | — | — | 9 | — |
| Cheese | — | — | 10 | — |
| Chocolate (Milk) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | — | — | 16 | — |
| Coffee | — | — | 18 | — |
| Coffee and Chicory | — | — | 7 | — |
| Coffee and Chicory Extract | — | — | 2 | — |
| Confectionery | — | — | 21 | — |
| Cooking Fat | — | — | 1 | — |
| Cornflour | — | — | 15 | — |
| Cream | — | — | 6 | — |
| Cream, Ice | — | — | 3 | — |
| Cream, Tinned | — | — | 6 | — |
| Custard Powder | — | — | 22 | — |
| Dripping | — | — | 21 | — |
| Drugs :— | ||||
| Acid, Boric | — | — | 3 | — |
| Acid, Citric | — | — | 3 | — |
| Acid, Tartaric | — | — | 3 | — |
| Aspirin | — | — | 3 | — |
| Balsam, Friars | — | — | 6 | — |
| Borax | — | — | 3 | — |
| Camphorated Oil | — | — | 3 | — |
| Castor Oil | — | — | 7 | — |
| Cod Liver Oil | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cream of Tartar | — | — | 9 | — |
| Epsom Salts | — | — | 8 | — |
| Eucalyptus Oil | — | — | 6 | — |
| Glauber's Salts | — | — | 7 | — |
| Glycerine | — | — | 5 | — |
| Iodine Paint | — | — | 1 | — |
| Iodine, Spirit of | — | — | 1 | — |
| Linseed | — | — | 6 | 1 |