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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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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1923.
The number of samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and ubmitted for analysis, was 1,060 : an increase as compared with the samples for 922, the number for that year being 1,040.
A complete list is as follows:
| No. | Article. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barley | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2 | Basilicon Ointment | 3 | — | 3 |
| 3 | Bicarbonate of Soda | 2 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Blanc Mange Powder | 2 | — | 2 |
| 5 | Boracic Ointment | 11 | — | 11 |
| 6 | Bovril | 2 | — | 2 |
| 7 | Brawn | 2 | — | 2 |
| 8 | Butter | 192 | — | 192 |
| 9 | Camp Coffee | 1 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Camphorated Oil | 3 | — | 3 |
| 11 | Cascara Tablets | 1 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Cheese | 26 | — | 26 |
| 13 | Clover Cream | 1 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Cocoa | 17 | — | 17 |
| 15 | Cocoa Essence | 1 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Cod Liver Oil | 3 | — | 3 |
| 17 | Coffee | 98 | — | 98 |
| 18 | Compound Mustard | 1 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Condensed Milk | 20 | — | 20 |
| 20 | Cooked Meat | 1 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Cream | 23 | — | 23 |
| 22 | Cream Dough-nut | 1 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Currant Jelly | 2 | — | 2 |
| 24 | Dried Milk | 3 | — | 3 |
| 25 | Ground Ginger | 1 | — | 1 |
| 26 | Haricot Verts | 1 | — | 1 |
| 27 | Ice Cream | 4 | — | 4 |
| 28 | Jam | 38 | — | 38 |
| 29 | Jelly | 2 | — | 2 |
| 30 | Jelly Crystals | 1 | — | 1 |
| 31 | Liquorice Powder | 3 | — | 3 |
| 32 | Lard | 29 | — | 29 |
| 33 | Lemonade Powder | 1 | — | 1 |
| 34 | Margarine | 52 | — | 52 |
| 35 | Marmalade | 19 | — | 19 |
| 36 | Meat Pie | 3 | — | 3 |
| 37 | Milk | 314 | 7 | 321 |
| 38 | Mustard | 17 | — | 17 |
| 39 | O.K. Sauce | 1 | — | 1 |
| 40 | Olive Oil | 12 | — | 12 |
| 41 | Orange Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
| 42 | Peas | 1 | — | 1 |
| 43 | Pepper | 10 | — | 10 |
| 44 | Pepsodent (Tooth Paste) | 2 | — | 2 |
| 45 | Pickles | 1 | — | 1 |
| 46 | Raisin Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
| 47 | Sausages | 10 | — | 10 |