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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
Paddington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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78 analytical work.
TABLE 48.
Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, &c.
| Total. | Found Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | 281* | 23 | 8.2 |
| Skimmed Milk | 3 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Condensed Milk | 1 | — | - |
| Cream | 7 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Preserved Cream | 6 | — | - |
| Butter | 46 | 9 | 19.6 |
| Butter on Bread | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Margarine | 5 | — | — |
| Cheese | 23 | — | |
| Lard | 21 | — | — |
| Dripping | 2 | — | — |
| Coffee | 12 | — | — |
| Cocoa | 11 | — | - |
| Jam | 6 | — | — |
| Rice | 5 | — | — |
| Sago | 4 | — | — |
| Arrowroot | 3 | — | — |
| Flour | 18 | — | — |
| Vinegar | 6 | 1 | 16.6 |
| Mustard | 5 | — | — |
| Pepper | 5 | — | — |
| Sauces | 7 | — | — |
| Olive Oil | 7 | — | — |
| Salad Oil | 8 | — | — |
| German Sausage | 18 | 8 | 44.4 |
| Brawn | 11 | 2 | 18.1 |
| Fish and Meat Pastes | 11 | — | — |
| Sausage | 7 | 3 | 42.8 |
| Mincemeat | 6 | — | — |
| Saveloy | 1 | — | — |
| Spirits | 10 | — | — |
| Wines | 8 | — | — |
| British Wines | 9 | 9 | 100.0 |
| Camphorated Oil | 6 | — | — |
| Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | 6 | — | — |
| Glycerine | 4 | — | — |
| Tincture of Camphor | 3 | — | — |
| Easton's Syrup | 3 | — | — |
| Blaud's Pills | 3 | — | — |
| Sweet Spirits of Nitre | 2 | — | — |
| Syrup of Squills | 1 | — | — |
| Apples | 1 | — | — |
| Sweets | 1 | — | — |
| Cake | 1 | - | - |
| 600 | 58 | 9.6 |
*Including 66 taken at Paddington (G.W.R.) Terminus in course of delivery: 16 adulterated.