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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
Stoke Newington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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| Articles submitted for Analysis. | No. of Genuine Samples. (174). | No. of Adulterated Samples. (2). | Remarks as to Adulteration. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ale | 2 | — | |
| Almond Oil | 1 | — | |
| Amm. Tincture Quinine | 1 | — | |
| Aspirin Tablets | — | ||
| Baking Powder | 2 | — | |
| Beer | 1 | — | |
| Bi-Carbonate of Soda | 1 | — | |
| Biscuits | 1 | — | |
| Boric Ointment | 1 | — | |
| Butter | 17 | — | |
| Camphorated Oil | 1 | — | |
| Cheese | — | ||
| Chocolate Easter Egg | 1 | — | |
| Citrate of Magnesia | 1 | — | |
| Cocoa | — | ||
| Cod Liver Oil | 1 | — | |
| Coffee and Chicory | 1 | — | |
| Condensed Milk | — | ||
| Corn Flour | 1 | — | |
| Cream | — | ||
| Cream of Tartar | — | ||
| Custard Powder | — | ||
| Dried Milk | I | — | |
| Dripping | 4 | — | |
| Epsom Salts | — | ||
| Fish Paste | 1 | — | |
| Flour | — | ||
| Glauber Salts | 1 | — | |
| Glycerine and Borax | 1 | — | |
| Jam | 8 | — | |
| Lemonade Powder | 1 | — | |
| Liquid Paraffin | 1 | — | |
| Margarine | 7 | — | |
| Marmalade | 1 | — | |
| Meat Pasts | — | ||
| Milk | 67 | 1 | 26% extraneous water Defendant summoned, but case dismissed on technical grounds. |
| Milk Pasteurised | 1 | — | |
| Minced Steak | — | ||
| Mint Sauce | 1 | — | |
| Mustard | — | ||
| Oatmeal | 1 | — | |
| Olive Oil | — | ||
| Parrish’s Chemical Food | 1 | __ | |
| Peas(Tinned) | 1 | — | |
| Pears (Tinned) | — | 1 | Tin and Tin compounds equivalent to 2.6 grains of tin per pound. Vendor cautioned. |
| Rice | 1 | — | |
| Rice (Ground) | 1 | — | |
| Salmon & Anchovy Paste | 1 | — | |
| Sardines | — | ||
| Sausage | 3 | — | |
| Sweets | I | — | |
| Syrup of Figs | 1 | — | |
| Tea | — | ||
| Tincture of Indine | 1 | — | |
| Vinegar | 3 | — | |
| White Prec. Ointment | 1 | — | |
| Zinc Ointment | 3 | — | |
| 171 | |||