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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Samples Submitted to Public Analyst—1936.
| Number examined. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Formal. | Informal. | Formal. | Informal. | |
| Ale | — | 5 | — | — | _ | _ |
| Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | _ | 2 | _ | - | _ | _ |
| Anchovies | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | - |
| Baking Powder | - | 4 | - | — | — | _ |
| Blue Ointment | - | 1 | - | — | — | _ |
| Borax | - | 1 | - | — | — | _ |
| Brawn | - | 1 | - | _ | _ | _ |
| Bread | 5 | _ | _ | - | - | - |
| Bread and Butter (cut) | - | 2 | - | — | _ | _ |
| Butter | — | 10 | - | — | — | — |
| Cake | — | 4 | - | — | — | _ |
| Calomel Ointment | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Camphorated Oil | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Candied Peel | — | 2 | - | _ | — | _ |
| Cheese | — | 6 | - | — | _ | - |
| Chocolate | _ | 3 | _ | _ | _ | |
| Chocolate Caramels | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Chopped Suet | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Claret | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | - |
| Cocoa | _ | 4 | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Coffee | _ | 6 | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Coffee Extract | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | - |
| Corned Beef | _ | 2 | _ | _ | - | - |
| Crab Paste | _ | 3 | - | _ | - | - |
| Cream | - | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| Crystalised Fruit Jellies | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | - |
| Crystalised Ginger | _ | 2 | _ | _ | - | _ |
| Custard Powder | - | 4 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Dried Fruit | — | 10 | - | _ | _ | _ |
| Dripping | — | 4 | - | — | — | _ |
| Essence of Coffee and Chicory | — | 5 | - | — | — | — |
| Fish Paste | — | 1 | - | — | _ | _ |
| Flour | — | 2 | - | _ | _ | _ |
| Full Cream Condensed Milk, Sweetened | — | 4 | - | — | _ | _ |
| Full Cream Dried Milk Food | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Gin | — | 5 | - | — | _ | _ |
| Ginger Beer | _ | 2 | _ | - | - | - |
| Grape Fruit Crush | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | _ |
| Ground Almonds | _ | 5 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Half Cream Dried Milk Food | — | 1 | - | — | _ | _ |
| Honey | — | 3 | - | — | — | _ |
| Ice Cream | _ | 9 | _ | - | - | _ |
| Iodine Ointment | _ | 2 | _ | - | - | - |
| Jam | _ | 10 | _ | 1 | _ | 10.00 |
| Jelly | — | 2 | - | — | _ | - |
| Lard | — | 4 | - | — | _ | _ |
| Lemonade Powder | — | 4 | - | — | — | _ |
| Margarine | — | 11 | - | — | _ | _ |
| Meat Paste | _ | 5 | _ | _ | - | _ |
| Mercury Ointment | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Milk | 300 | — | 6 | — | 2.00 | _ |
| Mincemeat | — | 3 | — | — | _ | _ |
| Mineral Water | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Mustard | — | 6 | — | — | _ | _ |
| Pepper | — | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Pickled Walnuts | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | - |
| Pickles | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Port | _ | 3 | _ | _ | - | - |
| Rice | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Rum | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 100.0 | - |
| Sago | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Salad Cream | _ | 2 | _ | - | _ | _ |
| Sauce | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Sausages | 14 | — | 1 | — | 7.14 | _ |
| Seidlitz Powder | - | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Self-Raising Flour | _ | 1 | _ | - | - | - |
| Semolina | — | 2 | — | — | — | _ |
| Shredded Suet | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Shredded Suet with Flour | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 100.00 |
| Skimmed Condensed Milk, Sweetened | _ | 9 | _ | - | _ | _ |
| Smoked Salmon | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Sponge Cakes | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Stout | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sugar | — | 3 | — | — | — | -_ |
| Sulphur Ointment | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sweets | _ | 2 | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Tapioca | — | 1 2 | — | — | — | — |