London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| OTHER ARTICLES | Number examined | Number adulterated | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Informal | Formal | Total | Informal | Formal | Total | |||||||||
| W | N | S | W | N | S | W | N | S | W | N | S | |||
| 1 Brought forward | 62 | 128 | 50 | — | — | 1 | 241 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Gray powder | 3 | – | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Higis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Herbs | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Honey | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Horrseflesh | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Horse radish cream | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Icecream | 27 | 50 | 35 | — | — | — | 112 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jelly. table | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Junket powder | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kippers | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kipper sausages | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lard | 1 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lemon crystals | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lemon flavouring | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Lemon powder | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— |
| Lentils | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Macaroni | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maltose | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Margarine | 4 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mayonnaise | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meat extract | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Meat pie | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meringues | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mlik | 8 | — | 28 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milk. condensed | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Milk macaroni | 1 | — | — | _— | —_ | —_ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milo | —_ | — | 1 | _— | —_ | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mince pie | 1 | — | _ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Mint sauce | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mustard | 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mutard cream | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Norwegian spread | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Numeg, ground | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Oatmeal | —_ | 7 | — | —_— | —_ | —_ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 0live oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 0lion, sliced | —_ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| parsley, dried | _ | 1 | 3 | — | _— | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paste, fish | 8 | 10 | 6 | — | —_ | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paste, meat | 5 | 11 | 5 | —_— | —_ | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pastry | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| pea flour | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pearl barley | — | 7 | — | —_ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Peel. citron | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PeeI mixed | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pepper | 5 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pepper, white | 2 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pi ckles | — | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pock pie | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Potato crisps | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puree, prune | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pudding powder | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Carried forward | 161 | 264 | 171 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 607 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 4 |