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 Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Sample. | Number examined, 1937. | Number Adulterated. | Action taken. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Legal Proceedings. (See page 43.) | Letters of caution sent. | |||
Brought forward | 209 | 8 | — | 5 |
Lard | 4 | — | — | — |
Lemon Curd | 4 | — | — | — |
Lemonade Powder | 4 | — | — | — |
Margarine | 38 | — | — | — |
Marmalade | 2 | — | — | — |
Meat, Fresh | 17 | — | — | — |
,, Pies | 5 | — | — | — |
,, Paste | 3 | — | — | — |
,, Cooked | 1 | — | — | — |
Milk | 362 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
,, Condensed | 18 | — | — | — |
,, Dried | 2 | — | — | — |
,, Sterilised | 2 | — | — | — |
Mincemeat | 4 | — | — | — |
Mint Sauce | 2 | — | — | — |
Mustard | 2 | — | — | — |
Oatmeal | 4 | — | — | — |
Pea Flour | 2 | — | — | — |
Peas, Split | 2 | — | — | — |
Peel, Candied | 4 | — | — | — |
Pepper | 6 | — | — | — |
Rice | 4 | — | — | — |
Sago | 2 | — | — | — |
Salt | 2 | — | — | — |
,, Table | 2 | — | — | — |
Sauce | 2 | — | — | — |
Sausages | 25 | 1 | — | — |
Shredded Suet | 4 | — | — | — |
Spice, Mixed | 2 | — | — | — |
Sweets | 6 | — | — | — |
Table Jelly | 8 | — | — | — |
Tapioca | 4 | — | — | — |
Tea | 6 | — | — | — |
Tripe | 4 | — | — | — |
Vinegar | 24 | — | — | — |
Vinegar, Malt | 2 | — | — | — |
Totals, 1937 | 794 | 13* | 1 | 8 |
Totals, 1936 | 813 | 34** | 6 | 14 |
* Including 3 informal samples.
** Including 5 informal samples.
Of the samples of milk, 121 were procured from itinerant vendors,
77 on Sundays and 44 on weekdays.
All these samples were genuine.