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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
Lewisham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Article. | No. of Samples Examined. | No. of Samples Adulterated, etc. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Ointment, Boric . . | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| ,, Mercury | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
| ,, Zinc | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Paregoric | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Pickles | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Powder, -Gregory . . | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| ,, Seidlitz . . | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Rum | — | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Sal Volatile. . | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Sausages | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | — |
| Soup | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Spices and Condiments | — | 61 | 61 | — | — | — |
| Suet | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Sugar | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | |
| Tea | — | 42 | 42 | — | — | |
| Tincture of Iodine. . | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Tincture of Quinine | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Vegetables, Preserved | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 1 | 19 | 20 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Whisky | — | 14 | 14 | — | — | — |
| 104 | 801 | 905 | 4 | 31 | ||
Milk.—One hundred and fifteen samples of milk were examined
by the Public Analyst, and 2 of these, or 1.7 per cent., were certified
as adulterated or below standard.
The average composition of the samples is set out in the following table : —
| Period. | Average Composition of Genuine Samples. | Standard. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids, not Fat. | Percentage of Water. | Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids, not Fat. | |
| First Quarter | 3.64 | 8.84 | 87.52 | 3.0 | 8.5 |
| Second ,, | 3.40 | 8.78 | 87.82 | ||
| Third ,, | 3.59 | 8.79 | 87.62 | ||
| Fourth ,, | 4.01 | 8.97 | 87.02 | ||
| Average for the Year | 3.66 | 8.845 | 87.495 | ||