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Marylebone 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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annual report of the public analyst, 1926.

Table: The number of samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and submitted to analysis, was 1,103; an increase as compared with the samples for 1925. the number for that year being 1,040.A complete list is as follows :

The number of samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and submitted to analysis, was 1,103; an increase as compared with the samples for 1925. the number for that year being 1,040.

A complete list is as follows :

No.Article.Genuine.Adulterated.Unfit for Consumption.Total.
1Apples49___49
2Beans2——2
3Bicarbonate of Soda 04——4
4Boracic Ointment6——6
5Butter212——212
6Camphorated Oil4——4
7Cheese84——84
8Chicken and Ham Paste4——4
9Chicken and Tongue Paste1——1
10Cocoa2——2
11Coffee61——61
12Compound Mustard1——1
13Condensed Milk57——57
14Cream25——25
15Cream Cheese24——24
16Cream Tinned5——5
17Demerara Sugar2——2
18Evaporated Milk1——1
19Fish Paste8——8
20Flour2——2
21Fruit Drops1——1
22Ginger Wine21—3
23Gorgonzola Cheese7——7
24Honey10——10
25Iced Cake2——2
26Jam55——55
27Lard44——44
28Lemon Cheese5——5
29Lemon Curd8——8
30Lemonade Powders8——3
31Lobster Paste2——2
32Margarine19——19
33Marmalade32——32
34Meat Paste11——11
35Mercurial Ointment1——1
36Milk2312—233
37Mincemeat1——1
38Mustard21——21
39Mustard Pickles1——1
40Nut Milk Chocolate11
41Orange Wine11—2
42Pepper11——11
43Pickled Onions2——2
44Baisin Wine11—2
45Salmon and Anchovy Paste2——2
46Salmon and Shrimp Paste2——2
47Self Haisiug Flour2——2
48Spaghetti2——2
49SpongeCakes22——22
50Sugar1——1
51Sulphur Ointment6——6
55Tea20——20
56Tinned Peas1——1
57Tomato Ketchup4-—4
58Turkey and Tongue Paste1——1
59Whisky28-5
60Zinc Ointment4——4
1,094811,103