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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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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INFORMAL SAMPLES.
In addition to the samples taken under the Food and Drugs Acts as
shown in Table 28, 754 samples were purchased informally by the
Inspector through his several agents. The whole of these samples were
submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis, with the following
result:—
TABLE 29.
| Article. | Number of samples. | Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-Germ Ointment | 1 | - |
| Arrowroot | 9 | — |
| Aspirin Tablets | 2 | — |
| Basilicon Ointment | 1 | — |
| Blue Ointment | 3 | — |
| Boracic Ointment | 9 | — |
| Bread | 3 | — |
| Butter | 94 | — |
| Cakes and Biscuits | 93 | — |
| Camphorated Oil | 3 | - |
| Cane Syrup | 1 | — |
| Canned Fish | 10 | — |
| Canned Meat | 2 | — |
| Canned Vegetables | 4 | — |
| Castor Oil | 3 | — |
| Chocolates and Sweets | 26 | — |
| Cordials | 4 | — |
| Cornflour | 1 | — |
| Custard Powder | 33 | — |
| Dripping | 46 | 1 |
| Eucalyptus Oil "Ex-lax" | 3 | — |
| 1 | — | |
| French Coffee | 2 | — |
| Glycerine | 1 | — |
| Golden Eye Ointment | 1 | — |
| Gravo Thick, | 1 | — |
| Gravy Thick, | 2 | — |
| Ground Ginger | 35 | — |
| Ground Rice | 8 | — |
| Herbs | 1 | — |
| Iodine Paint | 1 | — |
| Jams | 5 | — |
| Jellies and Jelly Crystals | 2 | — |
| Junket Crystals | 5 | — |
| Carried forward | 416 | 1 |