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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Number
Examined
Number
Adulterated
Number
Examined
Number
Adulterated
Formal
Informal
Formal
Informal
Formal
Informal
Formal
Informal
Almonds, ground
-
5
-
-
Ham, canned
-
1
-
-
Aspirin tablets
—
1
—
—
Honey
—
2
—
—
Bacon
—
6
—
—
Ice
—
1
—
—
Baking powder
1
1
1
1
Icecream
—
21
—
—
Beef, pressed
—
1
—
—
Ice lollies
—
13
—
—
Bicarbonate of soda
—
2
—
—
Iodine
—
5
—
—
Biscuits
—
2
—
—
Jam
—
2
—
—
Blancmange powder
—
2
—
—
Jelly crystals
—
1
—
—
Blauds pills
—
1
—
—
Lard
—
2
—
—
Boracic acid
—
2
—
—
Lemon cheese
—
1
—
—
Boracic powder
—
1
—
—
Lemon juice
—
1
—
—
Brawn
—
3
—
—
Lemonade tablets ...
—
1
—
—
Bread
—
1
—
—
Liver sausage
—
1
—
—
Butter
—
9
—
—
Luncheon meat
—
7
—
—
Cake
—
3
—
—
Luncheon sausage ...
—
1
—
—
Camphorated oil
—
2
—
—
Macaroni
—
1
—
—
Cashew, ground
—
1
—
—
Margarine
—
6
—
—
Castor oil
1
—
—
Meat pie
—
4
—
—
Cheese
—
12
—
—
Meat pudding
—
1
—
—
Chicken, canned
—
1
—
—
Milk
60
178
—
—
Chicken pie
—
1
—
—
Milk, evaporated
—
1
—
Choc-ice ...
—
1
—
—
Mincemeat ...
—
2
Coconut, shredded
—
1
—
—
Mincepie
—
1
Cod liver oil
—
3
—
—
Oil, frying
—
1
—
Coffee essence
—
1
—
—
Ointment
—
1
—
Coffee extract
—
3
—
—
Olive oil
—
1
—
Colouring
—
1
—
—
Paraffin, liquid
—
2
—
Cordial
—
1
—
—
Pastries, cream
—
5
—
Cottage pie, canned
—
1
—
—
Peanut butter
—
1
—
Cough mixture
—
4
—
—
Peel
—
1
—
Cracknels
—
1
—
—
Pepper
—
3
—
Cream, synthetic
—
3
—
—
Pepper compound
—
1
—
Curry powder
—
2
—
—
Peppermint tablets
—
1
—
Custard powder
—
1
—
—
Pickles
—
3
—
Egg farfals
—
1
—
—
Pumpernickel
—
1
—
Egg mandels
—
1
—
—
Rabbit, canned
—
1
—
Egg noodles
—
1
—
—
Relish
—
1
—
Epsom salts
—
3
—
—
Salmon
—
1
—
Eucalyptus oil
—
1
—
—
Salt
—
1
—
Fat, cooking
—
4
—
—
Sausage meat
—
2
—
Fish, bottled
—
1
—
—
Sausage rolls
—
1
—
Fish, canned
—
10
—
—
Sausages
—
14
—
Fish cakes
—
1
—
—
Soup, chicken
—
1
—
Fish paste
—
3
—
—
Spirit of nitre
—
1
—
Flavouring
—
4
—
—
Suet, shredded
—
3
—
Flour
—
3
—
—
Sugar
—
10
—
Frankfurter sausage
—
2
—
—
Sulphur ointment
—
2
—
Fruit, bottled
—
5
—
—
Sweets
—
4
—
Fruit, canned
—
6
—
—
Tea
—
6
—
Fruit, dried
—
4
—
—
Throat tablets
—
2
—
Fruit, glace
—
2
—
—
Tonic
—
2
—
Gelatine
—
1
—
—
Vaseline ... ... ... ...v
—
1
—
Ginger, crystalised
—
2
—
—
Vegetables, canned
—
5
—
Ginger, stem
—
1
—
—
Vegetables, dried
—
1
—
Glauber salts
—
2
—
—
Vinegar
—
2
—
Glycerine
—
2
—
—
Vitamin tablets
—
1
—
Glycerine of Thymol
—
1
—
—
Water
—
4
—
Gravy powder
—
1
—
—
Yoghourt
—
1
—
Halibut liver oil
2
—
—
Zinc ointment
3
Fond premises.—Following are details of the food premises in the Borough at the end of the year :—
Food "Shops " :—
Bakers 27 (27)
Cake shops 16 (16)
Butchers 59 (60)
Horsemeat shops (human consumption) 2 (2)
Confectioners 107 (110)
Chemists 51 (48)
Fishmongers 24 (24)
Fried fish shops 19 (22)
Grocers 36 (43)
Provision stores 127 (110)
Domestic stores 14 (16)
Corn chandlers 2 (2)
Greengrocers 91 (79)
General shops 44 (46)
Public Houses 98 (98)
Cider Houses 2 (2)
Off Licences 54 (54)
Cafes, restaurants, etc. 143 (142)