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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
Marylebone 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Articles submitted for Analysis | State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under the direction of a Local Authority, under Section 13 of Act, and, if so, the name of such Authority. | Result of Analysis; showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and if Adulterated what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration. | The sum paid in respect of the Analysis. | Observations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 butter | Sanitary Inspector | Adulterated. (920) Margargarine 90 per cent. of fat other than that of butter fat. | (920) Fine£2,costs 14/6 | |
| 2 creams . | Do. | Genuine. | Both contained boracic acid 0.099 per cent. and 0.248 per cen. respective ly. | |
| 4 margarines | Do. | Do. | ||
| 2 whiskies | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 gin | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 rum | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 quinine wine | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 orange wine | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 lime juice cordial | Do. | Do. | ||
| 4 coffees | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 cocoa | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 bread | Do. | Do. | ||
| 2 do | Private Purchaser | Adulterated. One contained a trace of alum. The other a small admixture of flour other than that of wheat. | ||
| 1 flour | Sanitary Inspector | Genuine. | ||
| 1 jam | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 honey | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 custard powder | Do. | Do. | ||
| 3 sugars | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 tinned milk | Do. | Do. | ||
| I tinned salmon | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 tinned peas | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 tinned beef | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 tinned spinach . | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 vinegar. | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 mustard | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 white pepper . | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 caraway | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 nutmeg | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 beef dripping | Do. | Adulterated with 5 per cent mutton fat. | Cautionary letter sent to Vendor. | |
| 1 beef sausages | Do. | Adulterated, containing 0 42 per cent boric acid. | Cautionary letter sent to Vendor and to all shopkeepers in the Borough against using boracic acid as a preservative in food | |
| 1 lime juice | Do. | Genuine. | ||
| 1 lard | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 mercury ointment | Do. | Do. |