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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 1926
[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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THIRD QUARTER ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1926 | ||||
| 57 milk | Food Inspector, St. Marylebone Borough Council. | Genuine | 12/6 per sample. | 9 were test samples. Of the 59 samples analysed none was found to contain preservative or added colouring matter. |
| 2 milk | Do. | Adulterated. | Fined £20 0s. Od. ,, £20 and £5 5s. costs. | |
| No. 768 11.48% of added water. | ||||
| No. 772 17.2% of added water. | ||||
| 48 butter | Do. | Genuine | 43 were test samples. All the samples contained boric acid as a preservative, the amounts ranging from 0.15% to 0.37%, i.e., 10.5 to 25.9 grains per lb. | |
| 3 tinned cream | Do. | Do. | See cream below.* | |
| 9 condensed milk | Do. | Do. | All were test samples. | |
| 6 margarine | Do. | Do. | ||
| 31 cheese | Do. | Do. | ||
| 4 cream cheese | Do. | Do. | ||
| 8 lard | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 evaporated milk | Do. | Do. | ||
| 10 marmalade | Do. | Do. | ||
| 5 lemon cheese | Do. | Do. | ||
| 21 jam | Do. | Do. | ||
| 4 tea | Do. | Do. | ||
| 24 coffee | Do. | Do. | ||
| 2 honey | Do. | Do. | ||
| 8 meat paste | Do. | Do. | ||
| 5 fish paste | Do. | Do. | ||
| 6 mustard | Do. | Do. | ||
| 8 pepper | Do. | Do. | ||
| 4 zinc ointment | Do. | Do. | ||
| 4 bicarbonate of soda | Do. | Do. | ||
| 5 apples | Do. | Do. | ||
| 1 whiskey | Do. | Do. | ||
| 3 whiskey | Do. | Adulterated. | 2 were test samples. | |
| No. 816 (Test) 36.83 degrees under proof. | ||||
| No. 817 (Test) 35.68 do. | ||||
| No. 819 35.02 do. | ||||
| 9 cream | Do. | Genuine | ||
| 545 56.0% 0.064% boric acid Preserved. | ||||
| 559 52.4% 0.092% do. do. | ||||
| 563 48.0% Nil. | ||||
| 565 56.7% 0.064% boric acid Preserved | ||||
| 567 49.6% Nil. | ||||
| 573 52.0% 0.068% boric acid Preserved | ||||
| 561 27.0% Nil, Tinned. | *This was a test sample | |||
| 673 28.0% Nil. do. | Do. | |||
| 693 31.0% Nil. do. | Do. | |||
| 747 58.6% 0.092% boric acid Preserved. | ||||
| 751 60.0% 0.066% do. do. | ||||
| 779 59.0% 0.089% do. do. | ||||
| Total number of Samples analysed during the Quarter | 288 | |||
| Number of Samples adulterated | 5 | |||