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 Lambeth Borough]
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Samples | Formal | Informal | ||
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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 |