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, 1925.
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 1924, the number for that year being 1,106. A complete list is as follows:—
No. | Article. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bicarbonate of Soda | 4 | - | 4 |
2 | Boracic Ointment | 12 | - | 12 |
8 | Borax | 3 | - | 3 |
4 | Bottled Gooseberries | 2 | - | 2 |
5 | Bottled Plums | 1 | - | 1 |
6 | Bottled Sausages | 1 | - | 1 |
7 | Bread | 1 | - | 1 |
8 | Brick Ice Cream | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | Butter | 200 | - | 200 |
10 | Cheese | 82 | - | 82 |
11 | China Tea | 3 | - | 3 |
12 | Chocolate | 2 | - | 2 |
13 | Chocolate Nuggets | 1 | - | 1 |
14 | Cocoa | 7 | - | 7 |
15 | Cocoa and Milk | 2 | - | 2 |
16 | Cod Liver Oil | 4 | - | 4 |
17 | Coffee | 100 | - | 100 |
18 | Compound Liquorice Powder | 3 | - | 6 |
19 | Condensed Milk | 29 | - | 29 |
20 | Cornflower | 2 | - | 2 |
21 | Cream | 24 | - | 24 |
22 | Custard Powder | 7 | - | 7 |
23 | Demarara Sugar | 3 | - | 3 |
24 | Fairy Cakes | 3 | - | 3 |
25 | Fruit Drops | 1 | - | 1 |
26 | Granulated Sugar | 5 | - | 5 |
27 | Ground Rice | 4 | - | 4 |
28 | Honey | 8 | - | 8 |
29 | Jam | 36 | - | 36 |
30 | Lard | 8 | - | 8 |
31 | Lemonade | 3 | - | 3 |
32 | Lemon Cheese | 11 | - | 11 |
33 | Lemon Curd | 1 | - | 1 |
34 | Lemonade Powders | 6 | - | 6 |
35 | Malt Vinegar | 3 | - | 3 |
36 | Margarine | 33 | - | 33 |
37 | Milk | 255 | 4 | 259 |
38 | Marmalade | 33 | - | 33 |
39 | Mixed Drops | 1 | - | 1 |
40 | Mustard | 19 | - | 19 |
41 | Mustard Mixture | 3 | - | 3 |
42 | Olive Oil | 6 | - | 6 |
43 | Pepper | 10 | - | 10 |
44 | Pickles | 5 | - | 5 |
45 | Pickle Onions | 2 | - | 2 |
46 | Rice | 8 | - | 8 |
47 | Rolls and Butter | 4 | - | 4 |
48 | Sago | 4 | - | 4 |
49 | Sauce (O.K.) | 1 | - | 1 |
50 | Scotch Whisky | 2 | - | 2 |
51 | Sponge Cakes | 5 | - | 5 |
52 | Soda Water | 4 | - | 4 |
53 | Sweets | 1 | - | 1 |
54 | Tartaric Acid | 8 | - | 8 |
55 | Tea | 22 | - | 22 |
56 | Whisky | 16 | 4 | 20 |
57 | Zinc Ointment | 6 | - | 6 |
1,031 | 9 | 1,040 |