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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Samples Submitted to Public Analyst—1929.
| Total. | Found adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ale | 4 | — | — |
| Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | 2 | — | — |
| Baking Powder | 6 | — | — |
| Beef a nd Tongue | 1 | — | — |
| Blue Pills | 1 | — | — |
| Boracic Ointment | 2 | — | — |
| Borax | 1 | — | — |
| Brandy | 1 | — | — |
| Bread | 3 | — | — |
| Breakfast Tongue | 2 | — | — |
| Butter | 11 | — | — |
| Cake | 4 | — | — |
| Calomel Ointment | 1 | — | — |
| Camphorated Oil | 2 | — | — |
| Cheese | 9 | — | — |
| Chocolate | 3 | — | — |
| Cocoa | 4 | — | — |
| Coffee | 6 | — | — |
| Compound Mustard | 1 | — | — |
| Corned Beef | 1 | — | — |
| Cream | 7 | — | — |
| Crystallised Fruit | 2 | — | — |
| Crystallised Ginger | 2 | — | — |
| Custard Powder | 6 | — | — |
| Dried Coffee Extract | 1 | — | — |
| Dried Coffee and Chicory Extract | 1 | — | — |
| Dripping | 2 | — | — |
| Egg Substitute Powder | 1 | — | — |
| Essence of Coffee | 1 | — | — |
| Essence of Coffee and Chicory | 5 | — | — |
| Fish Paste | 2 | — | — |
| Fish, Tinned | 3 | — | — |
| Flour | 4 | — | — |
| Fruit Cordial | 1 | — | — |
| Fruit, Dried | 3 | — | — |
| Fruit, Tinned | 4 | — | — |
| Galantine | 1 | — | — |
| Gin | 4 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Golden Syrup | 1 | — | — |
| Gravy Salt | 1 | — | — |
| Ground Ginger | 1 | — | — |
| Honey | 4 | — | — |
| Ice Cream | 3 | — | — |
| Iodine Ointment | 1 | — | — |
| Iodine, Strong Tincture of | 1 | — | — |
| Iodine, Weak Tincture of | 1 | — | — |
| Iron Pills | 1 | — | — |
| Iron Wine | 1 | — | — |
| Jam | 12 | — | — |
| Lard | 2 | — | — |
| Lemonade Powder | 3 | — | — |
| Lemon Squash | 2 | — | — |
| Lime Juice | 1 | — | — |
| Liniment of Turpentine | 1 | — | — |
| Margarine | 13 | — | — |
| Meat Extract | 5 | — | — |
| Meat Paste | 5 | — | — |
| Mercury Ointment (Strong) | 1 | — | — |
| Milk | 316 | 12 | 3.8 |
| Milk, Condensed Skimmed Sweetened | 10 | — | — |
| Milk, Dried Skimmed | 5 | — | — |
| Milk, Dried Full Cream | 1 | — | — |
| Milk, Full Cream Condensed Sweetened | 3 | — | — |
| Milk, Full Cream Condensed Unsweetened | 1 | — | — |
| Milk, Full Cream Dried and Virol | 1 | — | — |
| Milk, Separated | 3 | 3 | 100.0 |
| Mincemeat | 3 | — | — |
| Mineral Waters | 4 | — | — |
| Mustard | 3 | — | — |
| Orange Quinine Wine | 1 | — | — |
| Peas | 1 | — | — |
| Peas, Tinned | 4 | — | — |
| Pepper | 4 | — | — |
| Pickles | 3 | — | — |
| Port Wine | 1 | — | — |
| Prescription | 1 | — | — |
| Rum | 3 | — | — |
| Rice | 2 | — | — |
| Sago | 2 | — | — |
| Salad Cream | 2 | — | — |
| Sauce | 5 | — | — |
| Sausages | 11 | — | — |
| Semolina | 2 | — | — |
| Sherry | 1 | — | — |
| Shredded Suet with Flour | 5 | — | — |
| Sponge Cakes | 2 | — | — |
| Stout | 4 | — | — |
| Sugar | 3 | — | — |
| Sulphur Ointment | 1 | — | — |
| Sweets | 2 | — | — |
| Tomatoes, Tinned | 1 | — | — |
| Tea Siftings | 1 | — | — |
| Tapioca | 2 | — | — |
| Veal | 1 | — | — |
| Vinegar | 2 | — | — |
| Vinegar of Squills | 1 | — | — |
| White Precipitate Ointment | 2 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Whisky | 2 | — | — |
| Yellow Mercury Oxide Ointment | 1 | — | — |
| Zinc Ointment | 2 | — | — |
| 600 | 18 | 3.0 |