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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 1922
[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. | ||
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| FOURTH QUARTER, ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1922 | ||||||
| 52 milk | Food Inspector, St. Marylebone Borough Council. | Genuine. | 12/6 per sample. | No sample was found to contain either preservative or artificial colouring matter. | ||
| 75 butter | Do. | Do. | 60 were informal samples. Every sample contained boric acid. 57 samples contained 10-20 grains per lb. 18 contained 20- 30 grains per lb. | |||
| 4 margarine | Do. | Do. | All were informal samples. | |||
| 45 coffee | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 18 cocoa | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 3 jelly | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 12 jam | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 3 marmalade | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 8 whiskey | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 4 whiskey | Do. | Adulterated. | ||||
| No. | Particulars of Adulteration. | |||||
| 1026. | •40*74 degrees under proof. | |||||
| 1027. | 39-47 do. do. | |||||
| 1033. | 47*68 do. do. | |||||
| 1039. | 38-18 do. do. | |||||
| C olive oil | Do. | Genuine. | ||||
| 5 boracic ointment | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 4 zinc ointment | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 6 pepper | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 flour | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 mustard | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 virol | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 cream | Do. | Do. | ||||
| No. | Fat. | Preservative. | ||||
| *841. | 45.0% | 11.5 grains boric acid per lb. | ||||
| 1038. | 55.0% | Nil. | ||||
| *Preserved. | ||||||
| 1 liquorice powder | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 11 ground ginger | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 raspberry syrup | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 3 mercurial ointment | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 strawberry syrup | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 cocoa beans | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 magnesium carbonate | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 magnesium citrate | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 lemon syrup | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 ginger wine | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 raisin wine | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 orange wine | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 black currant wine | Do. | Do. | ||||
| Total Number of Samples analysed during the Quarter 270 | ||||||
| Number of Samples adulterated 4 | ||||||