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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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and vegetables could be sold. The result would be that there would be a
considerable amount of food wasted and there would be an increase in
price which would chiefly affect the poorer classes of the community.
Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Samples Purchased under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, showing result of Analysis and subsequent Proceedings for year 1922.
| Number. | Article of Food. | Number of Samples Purchased. | Genuine. (Inferior in brackets.) | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or Dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||||||
| 1 | Milk | 998 | 912 (57) | 29 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | do. separated | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| 3 | Cream, ice | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Cream | 59 | 47 | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 | do. preserved | 37 | 24 | 13 | |||||||||
| 6 | do. cheese | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 | Butter | 150 | 150 | ||||||||||
| 8 | do. and roll | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Margarine | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Coffee | 18 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Chocolate | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Honey | 43 | 43 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Jam | 29 | 29 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Meat pies (various) | 57 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 15 | Sausage roll | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Sausages (various) | 103 | 85 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Brawn | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Meat and fish paste | 74 | 58 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 | Beans | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 |
| 20 | Peas | 49 | 7 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Spinach | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Garlic | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Asparagus | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Fruit (tinned) | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 | Lime juice | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 26 | „ cordial | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 27 | Lemon squash | 8 | — | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 28 | Olive oil | 51 | 51 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Salad oil | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Vinegar | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Mustard | 9 | 8 (1) | ||||||||||
| 32 | Borax | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Cream of tartar | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 34 | Camphorated oil | 17 | 16 (1) | ||||||||||
| Totals | 1,800 | 1,566 (59) | 175 | 54 | 44 | 10 | 115 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 18 | 6 | |
Summary proceedings were ordered to be taken in 44 instances, 36
cautions were issued, the attention of the vendors was called to the report
of the Analyst in 11 instances, and no action was taken with regard to
75 samples which deviated slightly from the standard or were test purchases
not taken officially.