Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Annual Statement
of the work done in the Borough of Wandsworth under
the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,
Herewith we have pleasure in handing you our annual
report of the work performed by us under the Sale of Food
and Drugs Acts and various food regulations during 1927.
In all 1,846 samples were submitted for analysis, of which
944 were taken with the necessary formalities required by
the Acts, the remainder, 902, having been procured informally.
Below will be found a statement setting out the nature
of all samples examined with the results of our analysis, the
details of Drugs and "Other Articles" being given in tables
following :—
GENERAL STATEMENT.
Nature of Sample. | Examined | Adulterated. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
Bread | 6 | 6 | ||||
Butter | - | 297 | 297 | 4 | 4 | |
Cheese | - | 9 | 9 | - | - | - |
Cocoa | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
Coffee | 15 | 15 | - | - | - | |
Confectionery | 4 | 4 | - | |||
Cream | 40 | 44 | 4 | 12 | 16 | |
Cream, preserved | 17 | 20 | - | - | ||
Flour | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Flour, (Self-raising) | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | - |
Margarine | 6 | 60 | 66 | - | - | - |
Milk | 908 | 14 | 922 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
Milk, Condensed (Machine skimmed) | 12 | 12 | ||||
Mustard | 9 | 9 | - | - | ||
Sugar | 1 | 19 | 20 | - | 1 | 1 |
Vinegar | - | 12 | 12 | - | - | - |
Drugs | - | 37 | 37 | - | 2 | 2 |
Other Articles | 22 | 333 | 355 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
Total | 944 | 902 | 1846 | 25 | 33 | 58 |