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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Number Examined | Number Adulterated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Health salts | - | 1 | - | - |
| Honey | - | 3 | - | - |
| Hors d'oeuvre | - | 2 | - | - |
| Horseradish | - | 2 | - | - |
| Indigestion tablets | - | 4 | - | - |
| Insecticide | - | 1 | - | - |
| Iodine | - | 2 | - | - |
| Ice Cream | - | 5 | - | - |
| Jam | - | 4 | - | - |
| Junkets | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ketchup | - | 6 | - | - |
| Lemon curd | - | 2 | - | - |
| Liver sausage | - | 11 | - | - |
| Macaroni | - | 3 | - | - |
| Malt loaf | - | 1 | - | - |
| Margarine | - | 11 | - | - |
| Meat, canned | - | 3 | - | - |
| Meat extract | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meat paste | - | 4 | - | - |
| Meat pie | - | 13 | - | - |
| Meat roll | - | 1 | - | - |
| Milk | 50 | 148 | - | - |
| Milk condensed full cream sweetened | - | 4 | - | - |
| Milk condensed skimmed sweetened | - | 4 | - | - |
| Mince pies | - | 1 | - | - |
| Mincemeat | - | 1 | - | - |
| Mustard | - | 2 | - | - |
| Nutmeg | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ointment, healing | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ointment, sulphur | - | 3 | - | - |
| Ointment, zinc | - | 3 | - | - |
| Olive oil | - | 4 | - | - |
| Orangeade crystals | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pastry mixture | - | 1 | - | - |
| Peas, canned | - | 4 | - | - |
| Peel, cut | - | 3 | - | - |
| Pepper | - | 3 | - | - |
| Pickles | - | 8 | - | - |
| Poppy balsam | - | 1 | - | - |
| Porridge oats | - | 1 | - | - |
| Prunes, canned | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pudding, canned | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pudding powder | - | 1 | - | - |
| Quinine | - | 1 | - | - |
| Rhubarb, canned | - | 1 | - | - |
| Rice | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sago | - | 1 | - | - |
| Saccharine tablets | - | 2 | - | - |
| Sandwich spread | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sauce powder | - | 1 | - | - |
| Sausage rolls | - | 1 | - | - |
| Seidlitz powder | - | 1 | - | - |
| Semolina | - | 3 | - | - |
| Senna pods | - | 2 | - | - |
| Soda water | - | 1 | - | - |
| Soft drinks | - | 1 | - | - |
| Soup, canned | - | 6 | - | - |
| Spaghetti | - | 4 | - | - |
| Spice | - | 2 | - | - |