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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 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: Analysts' Annual Report

Analysts' Annual Report

No.Nature of Sample.Nature of Report.
125Apples1/100 grain Arsenic on Surface.
126Ditto1/80 ditto
128Ditto1/100 ditto
130Ditto1/150 ditto
131Ditto1/75 ditto
133Ditto1/200 ditto
136Ditto1/200 ditto
139Ditto1/500 ditto
140Ditto1/75 ditto
141Ditto1/75 ditto
142Ditto1/150 ditto
144Ditto1/100 ditto
145Ditto1/150 ditto
146Ditto1/250 ditto
229Milk3% Deficient in Fat.
261Apples1/200 grain Arsenic on Surface.
262Ditto1/70 ditto
264Ditto1/300 ditto
265Ditto1/50 ditto
267Ditto1/300 ditto
293Milk2½% Extraneous Water.
338Ditto4% Deficient in Fat.
374Ditto2% ditto
375Ditto2% ditto
376Ditto2% ditto
408Ditto2% Extraneous Water.
409Jalap, powdered25 % Maize starch.
415Milk2 % Deficient in Fat.
588Ditto2½ % Extraneous Water.
601Mustard10% Wheat Flour.
610Milk8% Extraneous Water.
673Ditto2½ % ditto
717Ditto2% ditto
718Ditto2% ditto
729Ditto3% Deficient in Fat.
772Ditto1% Extraneous Water.
833Ditto4% Deficient in Fat.
851Ditto19% ditto
920Condensed Milk7½% Deficient in Fat.
921Milk49½% Extraneous Water.

Table: Of the 1,000 informal samples, 46 were reported against as follows:-

Of the 1,000 informal samples, 46 were reported against as follows:-

No.Nature of Sample.Nature of Report.
lApplesArsenic on surface.
2DittoDitto
3DittoDitto
4DittoDitto
5DittoDitto
7DittoDitto
8DittoDitto
9DittoDitto