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, 1929.
The number of samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and
submitted to analysis, was 1,102, a decrease as compared with the samples for
1928, the number for that year being 1,109.
A complete list is as follows :
ANALYSES | ||||||||
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No. Article | Number | Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | |||||
Formal | Informal | Private | Total | Formal | Informal | Private | Total | |
- | 3 | - | 3 | |||||
2 Baking Powder | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
3 Barley | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
4 Brandy | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
5 Butter | 34 | 125 | — | 159 | 1 | 1 | ||
6 Cheese | — | 48 | — | 48 | ||||
7 „ Cream | — | 10 | — | 10 | ||||
8 Cherries, Glace | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
9 Chicory | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
10 Chocolate, Cream | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
11 Cocoa | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
12 Coffee | — | 44 | — | 44 | ||||
13 Coffee and Chicory Essence | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
14 Corned Beef | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
15 Cream | 21 | — | - | 21 | ||||
16 „ Banana | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
17 „ Tinned | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
18 Currants | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||
19 Desiccated Cocoanut | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
20 Egg and Substitute Powder | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
21 Flour | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
22 „ Corn | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
23 „ Self-Raising | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
24 „ Whole-Meal | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||||
25 Fruit, Dried | — | 2 | — | |||||
26 „ Glace | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
27 „ Mixed | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
28 Golden Syrup | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
29 Grape Fruit, Tinned | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
30 Ground Ginger | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||
31 Honey | 1 | 13 | — | 14 | 1 | 1 | ||
32 Jams | — | 30 | — | 30 | ||||
33 Jelly, Black Currant | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
34 „ Red | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
35 Lard | — | 55 | — | 55 | ||||
36 Lemonade Powder | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||
37 Liquorice Powder | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
38 Margarine | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
39 Marmalade | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
40 Milk | 247 | 45 | — | 292 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
41 „ Condensed | — | 46 | — | 46 | ||||
42 Mincemeat | — | o | — | 2 | ||||
43 Mustard | — | 12 | — | 12 | ||||
44 Oil, Cod Liver | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
45 „ Olive | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
46 Ointment, Boric | — | 17 | — | 17 | ||||
47„ Carbolic | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
48 „ Sulphur | — | 6 | — | |||||
49 Zinc | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
Carried forward ... | 304 | 578 | — | 882 | 3 | 3 | - | 6 |