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 Lewisham Borough]
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The following table gives the details of the samples analysed: —
Article. | Mo. ot Samples Examined. | No. of Samples Adulterated, etc. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Butter | — | 83 | 83 | — | — | — |
Cheese | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Cocoa | — | 41 | 41 | — | — | — |
Coffee | — | 13 | 13 | — | — | — |
Cream | — | 28 | 28 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Coffee Mixtures | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Jam & Marmalade | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Flour, Self—raising | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
Flour, Plain | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Lard | — | 17 | 17 | — | — | — |
Margarine | — | 05 | 05 | — | — | — |
Milk | 279 | — | 279 | 12 | — | 12 |
Milk, Condensed | 2 | 19 | 21 | — | 1 | 1 |
Mustard | — | 20 | 20 | — | — | — |
Sugar | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | — |
Tea | — | 41 | 41 | — | — | — |
Ground Ginger | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
Brandy | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | |
Gin | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Rum | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Whisky | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
Beverages, etc. | — | 6 | 0 | — | — | — |
Cornflour | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Fish, Canned | 1 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Fish Paste | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
Fruit | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Dried | 1 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Honey | — | 0 | 6 | — | — | — |
Jellies | — | a | 3 | — | — | — |
Meat | — | 15 | 15 | — | 1 | 1 |
Meat Paste | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
Pepper | 2 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Pickles & Sauces | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — ' |
Powder, Custard | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
,, Baking | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Preserved | — | |||||
Vegetables | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
Rice | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Sago | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Semolina | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Sausages | 2 | 34 | 30 | — | 4 | 4 |
Spices, etc. | 1 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Suet.. | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | I |
Tapioca | — | 4 | — | — | — | |
Acid, Boric | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
,, Citric | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
,, Tartaric | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Borax | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |