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 Southwark, Borough of]
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Article. | Number of Samples taken. | Adulterated . |
---|---|---|
Brought forward | 296 | 7 |
Jam and Marmalade | 1 | — |
Jellies and Jelly Crystals | 19 | — |
Lard | 27 | — |
Lemonade Powder and Crystals | 6 | — |
Margarine | 67 | — |
Meat Paste | 5 | — |
Milk | 503 | 7 |
Meatox Cubes | 2 | — |
Mint | 2 | — |
Mustard Compound | 8 | — |
Mustard | 7 | — |
Oats and Oatmeal | 5 | — |
Pea Flour | 4 | — |
Pepper | 9 | — |
Prunes | 1 | — |
Rice | 23 | — |
Rum | 1 | 1 |
Sago | 3 | — |
Salt | 4 | — |
Sausages | 28 | 2 |
Self-raising Flour | 20 | — |
Soups | 7 | — |
Spices and Condiments | 9 | — |
Spirits | 10 | — |
Suet and Flour | 2 | — |
Suet and Rice Flour | 7 | — |
Sugar | 9 | — |
Tapioca | 12 | — |
Tea | 31 | — |
Tea Dust | 1 | — |
Whisky | 9 | 3 |
Wheat Preparations | 3 | — |
Wine | 2 | — |
Total | 1143 | 20 |
Percentage of adulterated samples for the year—1.75.