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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following Tables and Report from the Public Analyst, Mr. J. F. F.
Rowland, give full information with regard to samples submitted to arid examined
by him :—
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1934.
The number of samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act and submitted for analysis, was 1,055. The following is a complete list of the articles sampled :—
| ANALYSES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||||
| Formal | Informal | Private | Total | Formal | Informal | Private | Total | ||
| 1 | Barley, Pearl | - | 16 | - | 16 | ||||
| 2 | Beans | - | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Butter | 96 | 241 | - | 337 | ||||
| 4 | Cake, Sponge | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Cheese | - | 24 | - | 24 | ||||
| 6 | Chocolate Powder | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Cocoa | - | 14 | - | 14 | ||||
| 8 | Coffee | - | 25 | - | 25 | ||||
| 9 | Cream, Loose (1 Vericreme) | 10 | 17 | - | 27 | ||||
| 10 | „ Tinued | - | 7 | - | 7 | ||||
| 11 | Fish Paste | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 12 | Gin | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||||
| 13 | Honey | -. | 20 | - | 20 | ||||
| 14 | Jam | - | 37 | - | 37 | ||||
| 15 | Lard | - | 103 | - | 103 | ||||
| 16 | Lemonade Powder | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||||
| 17 | Margarine | - | 32 | - | 32 | ||||
| 18 | Marmalade | - | 22 | - | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Meat Paste | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||||
| 20 | Milk | 127 | 55 | 5 | 187 | ||||
| 21 | „ Condensed | - | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | „ Separated | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||||
| 23 | Mincemeat | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
| 24 | Mustard | - | 11 | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 25 | Mustard Pickles | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
| 26 | Ointment, Boric | - | 19 | - | 19 | ||||
| 27 | Olive Oil | - | 3 . | - | 3 | ||||
| 28 | Peas, Tinned | - | 4 | - | 4 | ||||
| 29 | Pepper | - | 12 | - | 12 | ||||
| 30 | „ Cayenne | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||||
| 31 | Phosphorized Quinine | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 32 | Rice | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 33 | Roll and Butter | - | 10 | - | 10 | ||||
| 34 | Rum | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 35 | Salmon—Tinned | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
| 36 | Sardines—Tinned | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 37 | Sauce, Tomato | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
| 38 | Suet, Shredded | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
| 39 | Sugar | - | 24 | - | 24 | ||||
| 40 | Tartaric Acid | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 41 | Tea | - | 33 | - | 33 | ||||
| 42 | Tomato Puree | - | 5 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 43 | Tomatoes—Tinned | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 44 | Wine, Raisin | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 45 | Whisky | - | 12 | - | 12 | ||||
| Total | 236 | 814 | 5 | 1,055 | 5 | 5 | |||