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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
Wandsworth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table B. Details of Drugs in foregoing Main Statement.
| No. of samples examined. | No. of samples found adulterated or not up to standard. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Acid, Citric | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acid, Tartaric | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camphorated Oil | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cream of Tartar | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Friar's Balsam | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mercury Preparations (Grey Powder) | 6 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Oil, Almond | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oil, Eucalyptus | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pills, Iron | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Powder, Gregory's | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Powder, Seidlitz | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prescriptions | 2 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Rhubarb, powdered | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syrup of Squills | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tincture of Iodine | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tincture of Quinine Ammoniated | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 75 | 83 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |