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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
St Pancras 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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(c) —SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
800 samples have been taken under these Acts, of which 571 were formal and 229 informal. Of the formal, 547 proved to be genuine, and 24, or 4'2 per cent., adulterated, and of the informal, 204 were genuine and 25, or 10.9 per cent, adulterated.
| Articles of food of which samples have been taken. | Total number of samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Apricots (canned) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Bacon | - | 4 | _ | 4 | - | - |
| Beans (canned) | - | 2 | _ | 1 | - | 1 |
| Black pudding | -_ | 1 | _ | 1 | - | - |
| Brawn | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Butter | 142 | 6 | 140 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Cake | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
| Cake flour | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cheese | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Chocolates | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cocoa | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| Coffee | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| Cornflour | _ | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Cream | 2 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Cream (canned) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Cream (preserved) | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | -_ | 1 |
| Currants | - | 3 | - | 3 | -_ | - |
| Custard powder | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Devonshire roll | - | 1 | -_ | 1 | -_ | - |
| Dripping | 5 | - | 5 | - | -_ | - |
| Fish paste | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| Flour | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 | - | |
| Fruit (mixed dried) | _ | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Fruit salad (canned) | - | 4 | - | 4 | _ | - |
| „ (dried) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ginger beer | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Glycerine | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Grapes | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Herrings in tomato (canned) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Honey | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Haricot beans | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jam | 1 | 13 | 1 | 12 | - | 1 |
| Jelly cream . | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Jelly crystals | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Lard | 19 | - | 19 | - | - | - |
| Lemonade | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Lemon curd | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | |
| Lime juice | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Lobster | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Margarine | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Macaroni | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Meat cutlet | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| ,, croquette | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pie | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Milk | 309 | 2 | 295 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| „ (condensed) | — | 9 | — | 9 | — | — |
| Mustard | 5 | — | 5 | - | — | - |
| ,, compound | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - |
| ,, pickle | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Minced meat | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Oatmeal | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Peaches (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Carried forward | 541 | 120 | 524 | 110 | 17 | 10 |