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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

Poplar 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Sample.Number examined, 1928.Adulterated .Action taken
Legal Proceedings.*Letters of caution sent.
Brought forward664611125
Sugar4---
Sweets26101-
Dried Fruit2---
Cyder2---
Zinc Ointment3---
Boracic Ointment41-1
Sulphur Ointment2---
Milk of Sulphur2---
Lime Water4---
Camphorated Oil2---
Cream of Tartar4---
Glycerine2---
Lime Juice Cordial2---
Lemon Squash3---
Lemonade2---
Lemonade Crystals2---
Soda Water2---
Ginger Wine1---
Gin32-2
Whisky171052
Rum322-
Beer8---
Mincemeat, Fruit4---
Meat Pie1---
Meat Paste1---
Brawn2---
Sausage10---
Fresh Meat61--
Beans and Pork1---
Bacon2---
Fish Paste2---
Cordials4---
Olive Oil2---
Table Salt2---
Bread and Butter62-1
Totals, 192880789†1931
Totals, 192779380‡2031

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* See pages 77.81.
† Including 34 informal samples. ‡ Including 25 informal samples.
Of the samples of milk, 32 were procured from itinerant vendors
on Sundays and 180 from itinerant vendors on weekdays. All these
samples were genuine.
Samples of milk were taken on delivery as follows:—Poplar
Institution, 2; Poplar Hospital, 4; St. Andrew's Hospital, 2; Bromley
House Institution 3. All these samples were genuine.