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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Case No. | Nature of Sample | Report |
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4101 | Hamburgers with gravy | 16.5 % deficient in meat |
4102 | Steak and kidney pudding | Deficient in kidney |
4104 | Chicken American | 7% deficient in meat |
4113 | Non-brewed vinegar | Incorrect use of the name " vinegar " |
4115 | Vinegar | Artificial product wrongly sold as vinegar |
4119 | Kevda water | Contained a deposit of mould |
4126* | Baby food: foreign matter | Contained piece of wood: ½ in. long |
4151 | Orange crush | Contained excess saccharin |
4152 | Ground nutmeg | Deficient in volatile oil |
4153 | Callaloo | Incorrect labelling |
4158 | Tamarind in syrup | Product was fermenting |
4161 | Vindaloo paste | Incorrect labelling |
4162 | Chilli pickle | Incorrect labelling |
4165 | Fulvadi | Incorrect labelling |
4166 | Methi leaves | Incorrect labelling |
4174 | Mango pulp | Incorrect labelling |
4180 | Betel nut | Contained prohibited colouring matter |
4195 | Beef chow mein | 52% deficient in meat |
4200 | Rose water | Contained a deposit of mould |
4203* | Wrapped loaf: foreign matter | Rust and oil |
4204 | Beef sausages | 16% deficient in meat |
4223 | Tincture of Myrrh | 13 % deficient in alcohol |
4224 | Tincture of Arnica | 2% deficient in alcohol |
4239* | Meat pie: foreign object | Piece of hide with attached hairs |
4240* | Stout bottle: glass in bottle | Possibly minute fragments from neck of bottle |
4248 | Fruit salad in heavy | |
syrup | Incorrect labelling | |
4260* | Buttered rolls: | |
foreign matter | Altered starch and dextrine—not foreign to bread but indicating poor processing | |
4270 | Olive oil | High iodine value |
4295 | Hamburgers in gravy | Deficient in meat |
4302 | Tahin (sesame seeds) | No common English name |
4303 | Flower water | Contained mould |
4313 | Kevda water | Contained mould |
4329 | Concentrated | |
peppermint | Incorrect labelling—consisted of 10% peppermint oil in alcohol | |
4330 | Sausages | Deficient in meat |
4339 | Fried rice, assorted | Incorrect labelling |
4406 | Pineapple jam: low sugar | Deficient in soluble solids |
4415 | Steak and kidney with gravy | Deficient in kidney |
4439 | Olive oil | High iodine value. High turbidity temperature |