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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
| Number. | Article of Food. | Number of Samples Purchased. | Genuine. (Inferior in brackets.) | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or Dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | t. | d. | ||||||||
| 1 | Milk | 997 | 905 (70) | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| 2 | Do. separated | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Cream | 51 | 49 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 4 | Do. preserved | 66 | 49 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 5 | Do. cheese | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 6 | Butter | 139 | 136 (2) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 7 | Buttered rolls | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 8 | Coffee | 33 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 9 | Cocoa | 10 | 9 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 10 | Cake | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 11 | Sweets | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 12 | Meat pies (various) | 41 | 28 | 13 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Sausages | 104 | 79 | 25 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 14 | Meat and Fish | ||||||||||||
| Paste (various) | 68 | 64 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Rabbit | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 16 | Brawn | l | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 17 | Gelatine | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | ||||
| 18 | Caviare | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 19 | Peas | 48 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 20 | Beans | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 21 | Spinach | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 22 | Fruit (tinned) | 46 | 39 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Beer | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 24 | Ginger Beer | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 25 | Lemonade | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 26 | Kaola | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 27 | Cream Soda | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 28 | Olive oil | 21 | 21 | — | — | — | '— | — | — | ||||
| 29 | Lime water | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | ||||
| 30 | Borax | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | _ | ||
| 31 | Camphorated oil | 34 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Prescriptions | 45 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 1,800 | 1,592 (73) | 135 | 36 | 19 | 17 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | |
Summary proceedings were ordered to be taken in 31 instances, 13
cautions were issued, and the attention of the vendors was called to the
report of the analyst in 17 instances. There were 10 non-official samples
taken during the year.