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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table A. Details of Drugs in foregoing Table.
| Drugs. | No. of samples examined. | No. of samples found adulterated or not up to standard. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Cream of Tartar | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Friar's Balsam | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glycerine | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mercury Preparations | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oil, Almond | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| „ Camphorated | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Castor | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | o | 0 |
| „ Cod Liver | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| „ Eucalyptus | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ointment, Boric | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pills, Blaud's | 0 | 2 | 2 | o | 0 | 0 |
| „ Iron | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Lead and Opium | 0 | 1 | I | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Powder, Comp. Liq. | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ Rhubarb | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saffron | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spirit of Camphor | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sugar of Milk | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sulphate of Quinine | 0 | I | I | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tincture of Iodine | o | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| „ of Quinine, ammoniated | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| „ of Rhubarb | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |