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 37.
Statement of Food and Drugs Analysed
| No. | Article. | Number Examined. | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal. | Informal. | Private. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Private. | Total. | ||
| 1 | Apricots | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Benger's Food | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Bicarbonate of Soda | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
| 4 | Blaud's Pills | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 5 | Boric Ointment | — | 17 | — | 17 | ||||
| 6 | Butter | 84 | 207 | — | 291 | ||||
| 7 | Butter and Roll | — | 12 | — | 12 | ||||
| 8 | Candied Peel | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 9 | Cheese | — | 25 | — | 25 | ||||
| 10 | Cherries, Glace | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
| 11 | Cinnamon Essence | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Cocoa | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
| 13 | Cod Liver Oil | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 14 | Coffee | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Crab (Tinned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Cream (Loose) | 12 | 2 | — | 14 | ||||
| 17 | Cream (Tinned) | — | 10 | — | 10 | ||||
| 18 | Currants | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
| 19 | Dripping | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
| 20 | Fish Paste | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
| 21 | Fruit, Homogenised (Tinned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 22 | Gin | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 23 | Glycerine and Thymol | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 24 | Honey | — | 10 | — | 10 | ||||
| 25 | Iodine, Tincture of | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
| 26 | Jam | — | 41 | — | 41 | ||||
| 27 | Lard | 1 | 77 | — | 78 | ||||
| 28 | Margarine | — | 33 | — | 33 | ||||
| 29 | Marmalade | — | 25 | — | 25 | ||||
| 30 | Meat Paste | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
| 31 | Milk | 96 | 78 | 1 | 175 | ||||
| 32 | Milk, Condensed | — | 23 | — | 23 | ||||
| 33 | Milk, Dried | — | 9 | — | 9 | ||||
| 34 | Mincemeat | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 35 | Mustard | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
| 36 | Mustard, French | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
| 37 | Olive Oil | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
| 38 | Paraffin, Liquid | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
| 39 | Peas (Tinned) | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 40 | Pepper | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 41 | Pickles | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 42 | Raisins | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
| 43 | Rice | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
| 44 | Rice Flour | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 45 | Rice Powder | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 46 | Salmon (Tinned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 47 | Sardines | — | 16 | — | 16 | ||||
| 48 | Sauce | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
| 49 | Sausages, Pork | — | 40 | — | 40 | ||||
| 50 | Sild | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 51 | Sugar | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 52 | Sultanas | — | 15 | — | 15 | ||||
| 53 | Syrup, Golden | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
| 54 | Tea | — | 30 | — | 30 | ||||
| 55 | Treacle, Black | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
| 56 | Vegetables, Homogenised (Tinned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 57 | Vermouth | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
| 58 | Vinegar, Malt | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
| 59 | Wine, Raisin | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
| 60 | Witch Hazel | — | 7 | — | 7 | ||||
| 193 | 873 | 1 | 1,067 | — | — | — | — | ||