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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 1928

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

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1928.
The number of samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and
submitted to analysis, was 1,109, an increase as compared with the samples for
1927, the number for that year being 1,070.

Table: A complete list is as follows:

A complete list is as follows:

ANALYSES
Number ExaminedNumber Adulterated, etc.
No.ArticleFormalInformalPrivateTotalFormalInformalPrivateTotal
1Apples-3-3
2Butter26132-158
3Cheese-53-53
4„ Cream-3-3
5„ Lemon-1-1
6Chicory-2-2
7Chocolate, Milk-3-3
8Cocoa-9-9
9Coffee-26-26
10Coffee and Chicory Essence-2-2
11Cornflower-4-4
12Cream331-34
13„ Tinned-3-3
14Currants-6-6
15Custard Powder-1-1
16Cyder-2-2
17Flour, Self-raising-5-5
18Fruit, Dried-4-4
19„ Mixed-2-a
20Gelatine-3-3
21Ginger Beer-1-1
22Golden Syrup-1-1
23Grape Fruit, Tinned-1-1
24Honey-12-12
25Jam-45-45
26Lard-25-25
27Lemon Curd-2-2
28Lemonade Powder-8-8
29Liquorice Powder-1-1
30Margarine-46-46
31Marmalade-22-22
32Milk26852-32022
38„ Condensed-50-50
34„ Dried-2-2
35Mince, Beef-3-3
36„ Meat-3-3
37Mustard-14-14
38„ Compound-1-1
39Oil, Camphorated-2-2
40„ Olive-7-7
41Ointment, Boric-10-10
42„ Mercuric-1-1
43„ Sulphur-9-9
44„ Zinc-8-8
45Onions, Pickled-1-1
46Paste, Fish-10-10
47„ Meat-12-12
48„ Sardine and Tomato-1-1
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