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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TABLE 34
Statement of Food and Drugs Analysed
| No. | Article. | Number Examined. | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Private. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Private. | Total. | ||
| 1 | Almond Essence | - | 1 | _ | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Baked Beans (Tinned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Bicarbonate of Soda | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 4 | Blaud's Pills | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Boric Ointment | - | 14 | - | 14 | ||||
| 6 | Bramble Jelly | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 7 | Butter | 75 | 206 | - | 281 | ||||
| 8 | Butter and Bread | 2 | 4 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Butter and Roll | _- | 34 | -_ | 34 | ||||
| 10 | Camphorated Oil | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
| 11 | Candied Peel | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 12 | Cherries, Glace | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Cinnamon Essence | - | 5 | - | 5 | ||||
| 14 | Cocoa | - | 22 | - | 22 | ||||
| 15 | Coffee | — | 17 | — | 17 | ||||
| 16 | Coffee and Chicory Essence | _ | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Cookeen | - | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
| 18 | Cream (Loose) | 18 | 3 | — | 21 | ||||
| 19 | Cream (Tinned) | 1 | 22 | — | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | Currants | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 21 | Custard Powder | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 22 | Dates | — | 2 | • — | 2 | ||||
| 23 | Figs | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 24 | Fish Paste | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 25 | Gin | _ | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
| 26 | Glycerine and Thymol | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 27 | Grey Powders | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 28 | Honey | — | 12 | — | 12 | ||||
| 29 | Iodine, Tincture of | — | 13 | — | 13 | ||||
| 30 | Jam | — | 39 | — | 39 | ||||
| 31 | Lard | — | 47 | — | 47 | ||||
| 32 | Lemonade Powder | — | 11 | — | 11 | ||||
| 33 | Margarine | — | 26 | — | 26 | ||||
| 34 | Marmalade | — | 30 | — | 30 | ||||
| 35 | Mayonnaise | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 36 | Meat Paste | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 37 | Milk | 108 | 91 | — | 199 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 38 | Milk, Condensed | — | 26 | — | 26 | ||||
| 39 | Mincemeat | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 40 | Mustard | — | 10 | — | 10 | ||||
| 41 | Mustard, French | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
| 42 | Olive Oil | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
| 43 | Paraffin, Liquid | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||
| 44 | Parrish's Food | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
| 45 | Peas, Tinned | — | 16 | — | 16 | ||||
| 46 | Pepper | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
| 47 | Pickles | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 48 | Prawn and Tongue Paste | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 49 | Raisins | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 50 | Rice | — | 14 | — | 14 | ||||
| 51 | Salmon, Tinned | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
| 52 | Sardines | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
| 53 | Sausages, Pork | — | 21 | — | 21 | ||||
| 54 | Savora Appetiser | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 55 | Semolina | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 56 | Soda, Bicarbonate of | — . | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 57 | Spice, Mixed | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 58 | Sugar | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
| 59 | Sultanas | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 60 | Tea | _ | 23 | — | 23 | ||||
| 61 | Vaseline | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 62 | Vermouth | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
| 63 | Vinegar | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
| 64 | Whiskey | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 65 | Witch Hazel | — | — | 8 | |||||
| 66 | Yeast Vite | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 204 | 861 | 1 | 1,066 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||