London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
103
Public Analysts' Annual Report.
To the Wandsworth Borough Council.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Herewith we have pleasure in submitting to you our annual
report on work performed in this laboratory under the Food and
Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, during 1934.
In all 2,000 samples were examined of which 17 Milks were
submitted at the request of your Council by that of Battersea and
two by that of Finsbury.
Half of the samples were taken with the necessary formalities
required by the Act, and half procured informally.
The following Statement shows the nature of the samples
examined, with the results of analyses, the details of Drugs and
" Other Articles " being given subsequently.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
| Nature of Sample. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
| Bread | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Butter | 2 | 189 | 191 | — | — | — |
| Cheese | — | 29 | 29 | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Coffee | — | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Confectionery | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cream | — | 73 | 73 | — | — | — |
| Flour, Self-raising | — | 12 | 12 | — | — | — |
| Jam and Marmalade | — | 22 | 22 | — | — | — |
| Lard | — | 19 | 19 | — | — | — |
| Margarine | — | 25 | 25 | — | — | — |
| Milk | 958 | 1 | 959 | 17 | — | 17 |
| Milk, Separated | 9 | — | 9 | — | — | — |
| Milk, Skimmed | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Milk, Evaporated | — | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Milk, Dried | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Milk, Condensed, Full Cream | — | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Milk, Condensed, Machine Skimmed | — | 9 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Mustard | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tea | 2 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vinegar, Malt | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Beer | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Drugs | 4 | 77 | 81 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Other Articles | 22 | 483 | 505 | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| Total | 1000 | 1000 | 2000 | 32 | 21 | 53 |