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 |