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Marylebone 1924
[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 submitted for analysis, was 1,106; an increase as compared with the samples for 1923, the number for that year being 1,060.
A complete list is as follows:
| No. | Article | Genuine | Adulterated | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arrowroot | 7 | - | 7 |
| 2 | Atora Suet | 1 | - | 1 |
| 3 | Beer | — | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Borax | 3 | - | 3 |
| 5 | Boric Acid Powder | 5 | - | 5 |
| 6 | Boric Ointment | 10 | - | 10 |
| 7 | Bramble Jelly | 1 | - | 1 |
| 8 | Butter | 210 | 5 | 215 |
| 9 | Cheese | 54 | — | 54 |
| 10 | Chicory and Coffee Essence | 3 | — | 3 |
| 11 | Cocoa | 37 | — | 37 |
| 12 | Cod Liver Oil | 1 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Coffee | 77 | - | 77 |
| 14 | Coffee Essence | 1 | - | 1 |
| 15 | Condensed Milk | 64 | — | 64 |
| 16 | Cream | 28 | — | 28 |
| 17 | Demerara Sugar | 5 | — | 5 |
| 18 | Dried Milk | 3 | — | 3 |
| 19 | Evaporated Milk | 1 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Fruit Drops | 1 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Flowers of Sulphur | 2 | — | 2 |
| 22 | Ginger Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
| 28 | Glycerine and Borax | 1 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Golden Syrup | 2 | — | 2 |
| 25 | Granulated Sugar | 4 | — | 4 |
| 26 | Honey | 1 | — | 1 |
| 27 | Icing Sugar | 4 | — | 4 |
| 28 | Jam | 31 | — | 31 |
| 29 | Lard | 21 | — | 21 |
| 30 | Lemonade Powders | 7 | — | 7 |
| 31 | Lime Water | 4 | — | 4 |
| 32 | Liquorice Powder | 4 | — | 4 |
| 33 | Margarine | 42 | — | 42 |
| 34 | Marmalade | 7 | — | 7 |
| 35 | Milk | 305 | 8 | 313 |
| 36 | Milk Powder | 1 | — | 1 |
| 37 | Milk of Sulphur | 2 | — | 2 |
| 38 | Mustard | 27 | — | 27 |
| 39 | Mustard Mixture | 1 | — | 1 |
| 40 | Olive Oil | 7 | — | 7 |
| 41 | Orange Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
| 42 | Oxo | 1 | — | 1 |
| 43 | Pepper | 13 | — | 13 |
| 44 | Pickles | 1 | — | 1 |
| 45 | Preserving Sugar | 10 | — | 10 |
| 46 | Raisin Wine | 1 | — | 1 |
| 47 | Red Currant Jelly | 1 | — | 1 |
| 48 | Rice | 3 | — | 3 |
| 49 | Roll and Butter | 10 | — | 10 |
| 50 | Sausages | 7 | — | 7 |
| 51 | Soda Water | 2 | — | 2 |
| 52 | Sponge Cake | 6 | - | 6 |
| 53 | Sugar | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 54 | Sulphur Ointment | 9 | — | 9 |
| 55 | Tea | 7 | — | 7 |
| 56 | Tinned Peas | 7 | — | 7 |
| 57 | Whiskey | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 58 | Zinc Ointment | 9 | — | 9 |
| 1,090 | 16 | 1,106 |