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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
| Nature of Article. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Milk | 586 | 22 | 608 | 68 | ||
| Separated Milk | — | — | ||||
| Powder Milk | — | — | ||||
| Cream | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Preserved Cream | - | — | ||||
| Total | 627 | 69 | 6 | |||
| Nature of Drug. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Acid, Citric | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| „ Tartaric | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | O |
| Friar's Balsam | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Lime Water | - | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Linseed, Crushed | - | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Oil, Almond | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Pills Iron (Blaud's) | - | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Powder, Gregory's | - | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| „ Comp. Liq. | - | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Prescriptions | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rhubarb, Powdered | — | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Spirits of Camphor | — | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Sugar of Milk | — | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Syrup of Squills | — | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Tincture of Iodine | — | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Wine, Ipecacuanha | — | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 33 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 3 |