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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. | ||
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| 42 butter | Food Inspector, St. Marylebone Borough Council | Genuine. | 12/6 per sample. | 33 were test samples. Of the 42 samples examined only two were found to be free from preservatives. The 40 other samples all contained boric acid. In no case did the amount exceed 0.4%. | ||
| 12 cheese | Do. | Do. | All were test samples. | |||
| 7 tea | Do. | Do, | Do. | |||
| 2 cream | Do. | Do. | One was a test samples. | |||
| 805. (preserved. | 48.0%. | 9.68 grains boric acid per lb. | ||||
| 1033 (T) | 50.0%. | Nil. | ||||
| 3 mustard | Do. | Genuine. | All were test samples. | |||
| 1 compound mustard | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 5 self-raising flour | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 9 cocoa | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 4 lard | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 14 coffee. | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 6 jam | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 12 margarine | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 jelly | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 4 marmalade | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 pepper | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 20 condensed milk | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 10 sponge cake | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 3 dried milk | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 pears | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 tomato ketchup | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 camp coffee | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 O.K. sauce | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 lemonade powder | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 haricot verts | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 cocoa essence | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 peas | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 barley | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 tapioca | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 blanc mange powder | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 orange wine | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 raisin wine | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 jelly crystals | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 pickles | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 cream doughnut | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 turkey and ham | Do. | Do. | ||||
| paste | ||||||
| 3 cod liver oil | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 zinc ointment | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 3 boric ointment | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 1 cascara tablets | Do. | Do. | ||||
| 2 olive oil | Do. | Do. | ||||
| Total Number of Samples analysed during the Quarter 275 Number of Samples adulterated 2 | ||||||