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 St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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ANALYSES UNDER THE SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS
DURING 1909.
Article. | Genuine. | Adulterated. |
---|---|---|
Milk | 379 | 22 |
Milk, skimmed | 1 | 1 |
Butter | 143 | 8 |
Bread and Butter | 1 | 3 |
Cream | 9 | — |
Cheese | 9 | — |
Margarine | 66 | 2 |
Whisky | 7 | 1 |
Brandy | 5 | — |
Gin | 5 | — |
Rum | 1 | — |
Sherry | 3 | — |
Beer | 5 | — |
Coffee | 5 | 1 |
Cocoa | 5 | — |
Pepper | 2 | — |
Mustard | 3 | 1 |
Ground Ginger | 1 | — |
Malt Vinegar | 1 | 1 |
Jam | 1 | — |
Marmalade | 2 | — |
Sugar | 1 | — |
Sweets | 1 | .— |
Lard | 4 | — |
Condensed Milk | 5 | — |
Canned Apricots | 2 | — |
Canned Shrimps | 2 | — |
Canned Salmon and Shrimps | 1 | — |
Canned Chicken | 1 | .— |
Canned Turkey and Tongue | 1 | — |
Beef Dripping | 3 | — |
Beef Sausages | 1 | — |
Pork Sausages | 2 | — |
Sauces | 3 | — |
Ginger Wine | 2 | — |
Elderberry Wine | 2 | — |
Quinine Wine | 2 | — |
Elderberry Wine | 2 | — |
Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | 2 | — |
Ipecacuanha Wine | 2 | — |
Sweet Spirits of Nitre | 4 | — |
Camphorated Oil | 4 | — |
Olive Oil | 5 | — |
Chlorate of Potash Lozenges | 2 | — |
Pepsin | 1 | — |
Gall and Opium Ointment | 2 | — |
Cod Liver Oil | 1 | — |
Gregory's Powder | 2 | 1 |
Compound Liquorice Powder | 1 | — |
Flour | 2 | — |
Total | 715 | 41 |