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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
Hammersmith 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table II.
| Article. | No. of Samples examined. | Result of Examination. | Summonses Issued. | Penalties Imposed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genuine. | Inferior. | Adull er-ated. | ||||
| Arrowroot | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Aspirin Tablets | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Baking Powder | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Boric Ointment | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Brawn | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Butter | 41 | 40 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Camphorated Oil | 6 | 6 | — | — | —_ | — |
| Castor Oil | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Chocolate | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Citrate of Magnesia | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Citric Acid | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
| Coffee | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — |
| Crayfish | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Cream of Tartar | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Eucalyptus Oil | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Fruit Salad | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Glauber Salt | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Jam | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Lard | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — |
| Lemon Cheese | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Lemon Squash | 2 | 2 | — | —_ | — | — |
| Margarine | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| Marmalade | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Meat and Fish Pastes | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| Meat Pie | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Milk | 344 | 296 | 39 | 9 | 2 | £10 2 0 |
| ,, Condensed | 20 | 20 | — | — | — | — |
| Mincemeat | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Mustard | 5 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Olive Oil | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Peas | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Pepper | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Prawns | X | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Sausages | 31 | 28 | — | 3 | 1 | £3 3 0 |
| Seidlitz Powder | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Sugar, Demerara | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Sulphur, Milk of | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tincture of Iodine | 2 | _ | — | 2 | — | — |
| Tomatoes | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Whiskj | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Zinc Ointment | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | 600 | 538 | 43 | 19 | 3 | £13 5 0 |