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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 1923
[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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 marmalade | Food Inspector, St. Marylebone Borough Council | Genuine. | 12/6 per sample. | All were test samples. | ||
| 1 tinned peaches | Do. | Do. | Do. | |||
| 7 self-raising flour | Do. | Do. | Do. | |||
| 3 olive oil | Do. | Do. | Do. | |||
| 4 lard | Do. | Do. | Do. | |||
| 9 cream | Do. | Do. | Particulars of preservatives:— | |||
| 325 | 46.5 | Nil | ||||
| 354 | 52.0 | 14 0 grains per lb boric acid | ||||
| 427 | 46.5 | 11.0 do. | ||||
| 434 | 51.0 | 12.2 do. | ||||
| 437 | 48.0 | 10.0 do. | ||||
| 525 | 49.0 | Nil | ||||
| 540 | 47.0 | 10.5 grains per lb. boric acid | ||||
| 545 | 39.8 | 7.9 do. | ||||
| 550 | 45.7 | Nil | ||||
| 4 were test samples. | ||||||
| 4 ice cream | Do. | Do. | 1 sample contained 10 grains boric acid per lb. All test samples. | |||
| 10 sausages | Do. | Do. | Of the 10 samples of sausages and 2 of brawn, none contained any sulphurous acid compound as preservative, but 5 samples contained boric acid; the amounts varied from 4.2 to 26.0 grains per lb. All were test samples. | |||
| 2 brawn | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 3 meat pie | Do. | Do. | No sample was found to contain sulphurous acid, but one of the samples contained 8.4 grains of boric acid. All were test samples. | |||
| 1 tinned peas | Do | Do. | Test sample. | |||
| 3 tea | Do. | Do. | Do. | |||
| 1 suet with flour | Do. | Do. | Do. | |||
| 2 pepsodent (tooth paste) | Do. | Do. | Roth samples contained small but negligible amounts of lead compounds. | |||
| 2 boric ointment | Do. | Do. | Test samples. | |||
| 5 zinc ointment | Do. | Do. | All were test samples. | |||
| Total Number of Sample analyed during the Quarter 239 Nuber o Samples adulterated 1 | ||||||
| THIRD QUARTER ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1923 | ||||||
| 83 milk | Do. | Genuine. | 4 were test samples. Of the 84 samples of milk taken, none contained either preservative or added colouring matter. | |||
| 1 milk | Do. | Adulterated No. 663 contained 6.58% of added water. | This was a station sample and the Farmer was cautioned. Vide Public Health Committee Minutes 14 th September, 1923, page 181. | |||