London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
City of Westminster 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
| Number. | Articles of Food. | Number of Samples Purchased. | Genuine. (Inferior in brackets.) | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Warranty or Disclosure. (Withdrawn and Dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||||||
| 1 | Milk | 792 | 625 | (92) | 75 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 15 | 6 |
| 2 | do. Separated | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| 3 | do. Skimmed | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | do. Dried | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 5 | do. Condensed | 12 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 6 | do. Machine Skimmed condensed | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Cream | 65 | 10 | 55 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | |
| 8 | do. Ice | 47 | 47 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Butter | 217 | 198 | (8) | 11 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| 10 | do. Milk Blended | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Margarine | 57 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | |
| 12 | Cheese | 11 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Lard | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 14 | Coffee | 51 | 49 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||
| 15 | do. Extract or Essence | 12 | 10 | (2) | ||||||||||
| 16 | do. and Chicory | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 17 | do. and Chicory Extract | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Cocoa | 40 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 19 | do. Mixture | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Oil, Olive | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 21 | do. Salad | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 22 | Honey | 29 | 29 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Jams, various | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Fruits, preserved | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Meats, potted | 93 | 75 | (1) | 17 | |||||||||
| 26 | Fish, tinned | 73 | 64 | (1) | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Kidney and Tripe | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 28 | Sausage | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Pepper | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 30 | Vinegar | 16 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 31 | Mustard | 20 | 19 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Peas, preserved | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 33 | Beans, preserved | 12 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 34 | Asparagus, preserved | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 35 | Spinach, preserved | 9 | - | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 36 | Vegetables, preserved | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 37 | Mineral waters | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 38 | Cod liver oil | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 39 | Sulphur, flowers of | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 40 | do. milk of | 31 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 41 | Tartar, cream of | 34 | 26 | (6) | 2 | |||||||||
| 42 | Zinc, oxide of | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 43 | Zinc ointment, oxide of | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 44 | Saffron | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Totals | 1,800 | 1,472 | (110) | 218 | 69 | 46 | 23 | 98 | 10 | 6 | 45 | 17 | 6 | |