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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
Southwark 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Article. | Number of Samples taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. | Article. | Number of Samples taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. | Article. | Number of Samples taken. | Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | 505 | 27 | 53 | Brought forward | 1230 | - | Brought forward | 1395 | 45 | ||
| Separated Milk | 1 | ... | ... | Cairaway Seeds | 3 | ... | ... | Sweets | 10 | ||
| Tea | 24 | ... | ... | Mixed Spice | 2 | ... | ... | Chocolates | 6 | ||
| Tea Siftings | 2 | ... | ... | Ground Ginger | ... | ... | Corned Beef | 8 | |||
| Coffee | 16 | ... | ... | Crystalized Ginger | 1 | ... | ... | Brawn | 9 | 11.1 | |
| Preserved Cream | 1 | ... | ... | Desiccated Cocoanut | 3 | ... | ... | Breakfast bausage | 4 | ||
| French Coffee | 3 | ... | ... | Prepared Groats | 2 | ... | Fish Paste | 8 | 75.0 | ||
| Cocoa | 35 | ... | ... | Lentils | 1 | ... | ... | Salmon & Shrimp raste | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Cocoa Essence | 1 | ... | ... | Lemonade Crystals | 2 | ... | ... | Rum | 7 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Sugar | 45 | ... | ... | Jelly Crystals | ... | ... | Brandy | 3 | |||
| Butter | 106 | ... | ... | Jelly Cuttings | 1 | ... | ... | Whisky | 3 | 33.3 | |
| Margarine | 109 | *5 | 4.6 | Table Jelly | 8 | ... | ... | Gin | |||
| Dripping | 54 | 1 | 1.9 | Jelly Powder | 1 | ... | ... | Alum | 1 | ||
| Lard | 50 | ... | ... | Milk Pudding | 1 | ... | ... | Bicarbonate of Soda | 2 | ||
| Cooking Fat | 5 | ... | ... | Cream Custard | 1 | ... | ... | Boracic Powder | |||
| Beef Suet and Flour | 10 | ... | ... | Custard Powder | ... | ... | Borax | 1 | |||
| Cake | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | Blanc-Mange Powder | ... | ... | Camphorated Oil | 1 | |||
| Cream Cheese | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | Lemonade Powder | 1 | ... | ... | Castor Oil | 1 | ||
| Cheese | 13 | ... | ... | . Curry Powder | 3 | ... | ... | Olive Oil | 1 | ||
| Dutch Cheese | 3 | ... | ... | Desiccated Soup | 1 | ... | ... | Oil of Eucalyptus | 1 | ||
| Self-raising Flour | 38 | ... | ... | Ox Tail Soup | 3 | ... | ...... | Glycerine | 1 | ||
| Pea Soup Flour | 13 | ... | ... | Tomato Soup | 1 | ... | ... | Liquorice Powder | 2 | ||
| Pea Flour | 5 | ... | ... | Soup | 1 | ... | ...... | Tartaric Acid | |||
| Cornflour | 20 | 1 | 5.0 | Oxo Cubes | 1 | ... | ... | Cream of Tartar | 1 | ||
| Cake Mixture | 2 | ... | ... | Gravy Salt | 6 | ... | ... | Sulphate of Quinine | 1 | ||
| Bun Flour | 4 | l | 25.0 | Thick Gravy | 5 | ... | ... | Epsom Salts | 1 | ||
| Eice | 9 | l | 11.1 | Gravo | 1 | ... | ....w. | ||||
| Flaked Rice | 7 | ... | ... | Bisto | 3 | ... | ... | ||||
| Grouud Rice | 15 | ... | ... | Mustard | 21 | ... | ...... | ||||
| Tapioca | 26 | ... | ... | Mustard Condimeut | 3 | ... | ...... | ||||
| Tapioca Flakes | 3 | ... | ... | Salt | 13 | ... | ...... | ||||
| Oatmeal | 25 | ... | ... | Pepper | ... | ... | |||||
| Semolina | 9 | ... | ... | Cakeoma | 2 | 1 | 100.0 | ||||
| Sago | 9 | ... | ... | Fruit Cake | ... | ... | |||||
| Pearl Barley | 17 | ... | ... | Sponge Mixture | 1 | 25.0 | |||||
| Arrowroot | 11 | ... | ... | Jam Sandwich | ... | ... | |||||
| Rolled Oats | 7 | ... | ... | Swiss Roll | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Crushed Linseed | 12 | ... | ... | Sponge Cake | 1 | ... | ... | ||||
| Carried forward | 1230 | 43 | - | Carried forward | 1395 | 45 | - | Total | 1482 | 58 | 3.9 |
* These 5 samples consisted of genuine margarine, sold in unmarked wrappers.