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 Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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APPENDIX: SAMPLES TAKEN UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, ETC.
OFFICE (CLERICAL) WORK.
TABLE XXVIII. Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, etc. 1921.
Total. | Found Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | |
---|---|---|---|
Milk | 313 | 16 | 5.1 |
Cream | 8 | ... | ... |
Butter | 15 | ... | ... |
Margarine | 47 | ... | ... |
Lard | 25 | ... | ... |
Dripping | 9 | ... | ... |
Coffee | 5 | ... | ... |
Cocoa | 6 | ... | ... |
Jam | 14 | ... | ... |
Bice | 9 | ... | ... |
Tapioca | 3 | ... | ... |
Sago ... | 2 | ... | ... |
Vinegar | 27 | ... | ... |
Mustard | 4 | 1 | 25.0 |
Pepper ... | 8 | ... | ... |
Olive Oil | 7 | ... | ... |
Sausages | 29 | 3 | 10.3 |
Mincemeat | 9 | 3 | 333 |
Tinned Meat | 1 | ... | ... |
Bread | 5 | ... | ... |
Sponge Cake | 12 | 5 | 41.6 |
Flour | 14 | ... | ... |
Cornflour | 2 | ... | ... |
Baking Powder | 2 | ... | ... |
Lime Juice | 13 | 5 | 38.4 |
British Wines | 6 | ... | ... |
Spirits | 2 | ... | ... |
Glycerine | 3 | ... | ... |
Soap Powder | 1 | ... | ... |
601 | 33 | 5.4 |
TABLE XXIX. Office (Clerical) Work.
1921. | |||||
Letters Beceived | 6,149 | (6,166) | Entries in Begister of Births | 2,828 | (3,489) |
„ Despatched | 7,456 | (6,730) | Complaints Beceived | 1,564 | (1,424) |
Entries in Postage Book | 20,735 | (12,351) | Plans dealt with | 208 | (297) |
Certificates dealt with relating to cases of Infectious Disease (including Consumption) | 2,703 | (3,239) | New Openings in Journal | 502 | (353) |
Disinfection Orders (Duplicate) | 2,156 | (3.350) | |||
Notices to abate Nuisance, | 1,547 | (636) | |||
Notices sent re above and other diseases | 6,671 | (6,173) |
Figures for 1920 in parentheses.