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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Article. | No. of Samples Examined. | No. of Samples Adulterated, etc. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Fruit, Canned | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
„ Dried | — | 22 | 22 | — | — | — |
Gin | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
Ginger, ground | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
Honey | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Lard | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | — |
Lime Water | — | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 |
Liniment of | ||||||
Turpentine | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Linseed, crushed | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
Margarine | — | 26 | 26 | — | — | — |
Meat Paste | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | — |
Milk | 111 | 6 | 117 | 1 | — | 1 |
Condensed | — | 32 | 32 | — | — | — |
Oil, Almond | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
,, Camphorated | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
„ Castor | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
,, Cod Liver | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
„ Eucalyptus | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Ointment, Boric | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
„ Mercury | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
„ Zinc | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Paregoric | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Powder, Gregory's | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
,, Seidlitz | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
Rum | 1 | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Sal Volatile | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Sausages | — | 30 | 30 | — | — | — |
Soups | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Spices and | — | — | — | — | ||
Condiments | — | 52 | 52 | — | 2 | 2 |
Suet | — | 14 | 14 | — | — | — |
Tea | — | 21 | 21 | — | — | — |
Tincture of Iodine | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — |
Tincture of Quinine | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | |
Vegetables, Canned | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
Vinegar | — | 13 | 13 | — | —. | — |
Whisky | 3 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Totals | 117 | 771 | 888 | 6 | 28 | 34 |