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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 1919
[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 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 marmalade | Food Inspector, St. Marylebone Borough Council. | Genuine. | £500 per ann. for 700 samples Over that number 7/6 per sample. | These were test Samples. | |
| 6 cocoa | Do. | Do. | These were test samples. | ||
| 1 mixed mustard | Do. | Do. | This was a test sample. | ||
| 1 dripping | Do. | Do. | Do. | ||
| Do. | No. 313. Exposing margarine for sale without the same being labelled as required by the Statute | No. 313. Fined £2 and £2/4/- costs. | |||
| Total Number of Samples analysed during the Quarter | 140 | ||||
| Number of Samples adulterated | 2 | ||||
| FOURTH QUARTER, ENDING 31ST DECEM BER, 1919 | |||||
| 64 milk | Food Inspector, St. Marylebone Borough Council. | Genuine. | No sample contained preservatives. | ||
| 24 butter | Do. | Do. | All samples contained between 10 and 20 grains of boracic acid per lb. | ||
| 21 margarine | Do. | Do. | One was a test sample. | ||
| 3 coffee | Do. | Do. | |||
| 6 lard | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 compound lard | Do. | Do. | (These were all Test Samples. | ||
| 20 jam | Do. | Do. | |||
| 5 marmalade | Do. | Do. | |||
| 23 cocoa | Do. | Do. | |||
| 4 mustard | Do. | Do. | |||
| (mixtures) | |||||
| 1 dripping | Do. | Do. | |||
| 5 pickles | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 olive oil | Do. | Do. | |||
| 7 vinegar | Do. | Do. | |||
| 4 honey | Do. | Do. | |||
| 2 mincemeat | Do. | Do. | |||
| 5 tomato catsup | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 lemon curd | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 raspberry and | Do. | Do. | |||
| lemon curd | |||||
| 1 ginger syrup | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 blackberry jelly | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 cheese | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 golden syrup | Do. | Do. | |||
| 2 tea | Do. | Do. | |||
| 2 condensed milk | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 evaporated milk | Do. | Do. | |||
| 2 piccalilli | Do. | Do. | |||
| 4 pepper | Do. | Do. | |||
| Total Number of Samples analysed during the Quarter | 213 | ||||
| Number of Samples adulterated | None | ||||