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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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1922.
The number of samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and
submitted for analysis, was 1,040 : a decrease as compared with the samples for
1921, the number for that year being 1,130.
A complete list is as follows:
No. | Article. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bicarbonate of Soda | 7 | - | 7 |
2 | Black Currant Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
3 | Bloater Paste | 1 | — | 1 |
4 | Boracic Ointment | 16 | — | 16 |
5 | Boracic Acid | 2 | — | 2 |
6 | Borax | 2 | — | 2 |
7 | Butter | 258 | — | 258 |
8 | Camphorated Oil | 2 | — | 2 |
9 | Camphorated Mineral Oil | 1 | — | 1 |
10 | Cane Syrup | 1 | — | 1 |
11 | Cheese | 1 | — | 1 |
12 | Chicory | 2 | — | 2 |
13 | Chicken and Ham Paste | 1 | — | 1 |
14 | Citric Acid | 4 | — | 4 |
15 | Cocoa | 58 | — | 58 |
16 | Cocoa Beans | 2 | — | 2 |
17 | Coffee | 119 | — | 119 |
18 | Crab Paste | 1 | — | 1 |
19 | Cream | 24 | — | 24 |
20 | Cream and Tartar | 4 | — | 4 |
21 | Flour | 1 | — | 1 |
22 | Ginger Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
23 | Golden Syrup | 1 | — | 1 |
24 | Green Peas | 4 | — | 4 |
25 | Ground Ginger | 11 | — | 11 |
26 | Jam | 50 | — | 50 |
27 | Jelly | 3 | — | 3 |
28 | Lemon Syrup | 1 | — | 1 |
29 | Liquorice Powder | 6 | — | 6 |
30 | Lobster Paste | 1 | — | 1 |
31 | Magnesium Carbonate | 1 | — | 1 |
32 | Magnesium Citrate | 2 | — | 2 |
33 | Margarine | 31 | — | 31 |
34 | Marmalade | 23 | — | 23 |
35 | Mercurial Ointment | 3 | — | 3 |
36 | Milk | 288 | 10 | 298 |
37 | Mustard | 8 | 2 | 10 |
38 | Olive Oil | 16 | — | 16 |
39 | Orange Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
40 | Peas | 2 | — | 2 |
41 | Pepper | 14 | — | 14 |
42 | Raisin Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
43 | Raspberry Syrup | 1 | — | 1 |
44 | Salmon and Anchovy Paste | I | — | 1 |
45 | Salmon and Shrimp Paste | 1 | — | 1 |
46 | Separated Milk | 1 | — | 1 |
47 | Self-Raising Flour | 3 | — | 3 |