[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough] page 46

Lewisham 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Adulterated Samples.

Serial No.	Article.	Formal or Informal.	Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity.	Observations.	Administrative Action taken.
721	Sausages	Informal	Sulphur Dioxide 330 parts per million	Declaration of preservative exhibited.
795	Pepper	,,	Sulphur Dioxide 100 parts per million	Formal sample No. 842
842	Pepper	Formal	Sulphur Dioxide 30 parts per million		Vendor Cautioned
878	Beef Suet	Informal	Starch 4.5%	Declaration on packing
885	Dried Mint	„	Foreign leaves 35%	Formal sample No. 928
890	Pepper	,,	Sulphur Dioxide 155 parts per million
913	Dried Mint		Foreign leaves 15%
928		Formal	,, 50%		Vendor Cautioned
25	Pepper	Informal	Sulphur Dioxide 60 parts per million	Subsequent formal sample genuine
77	Sultanas	,,	Sulphur Dioxide 180 parts per million excess	Formal sample No. 85
85	,,	Formal	Sulphur Dioxide 160 parts per million excess		Vendor Cautioned
91	Milk	,,	Fat deficient 10%		Summons against Retailer dismissed
115	,,	,,	,, ,, 5%
116	,,	,,	,, ,, 15%
117	,,	,,	,, ,, 10%
125	,,	,,	,, ,, 5%		Summons against Farmer dismissed
126	,,	,,	,, ,, 6%
127	,,	,,	,, ,, 14%
128	,,	,,	,, ,, 8%
129	,,	,,	,, ,, 11%
211	,,	Informal	Extraneous water 3%		Retailer fined £2
239	Herring in Tomato	,,	Tin 3 grains per lb.	Subsequent formal sample No. 319
282	Sausages	,,	Sulphur Dioxide 103 parts per million	Subsequent formal sample genuine