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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 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: TABLE 18.Statement of Food and Drugs Analysed.

TABLE 18.

Statement of Food and Drugs Analysed.

No.Article.Number examined.Number adulterated or otherwise giving rise to irregularity.
Formal.Informal.Private.Total.Formal.Informal.Private.Total.
1Almonds, Ground-3-3
2Arrowroot—2—2
3Asparagus—1—1
4Baking Powder—4—4
5Bramble Jelly—2—2
6Butter38113—151
7Butter and Bread—2—2
8Butter and Roll—66—66
9Camphorated Oil—2—2
10Candied Peel—2—2
11Capsules, Halibut Liver Oil—1—1
12Carrots—1—1
13Castor Oil—1—1
14Cheese—34-34
15Chocolate Sponge—1—1
16Cinnamon, Essence of—3—3
17Citric Acid—2—2
18Cocoa—13—13
19Cod Liver Oil—1—1
20Coffee—33—33
21Cooking Fat—1—1
22Cornflour—4—4
23Cream, Loose102—12
24Cream, Tinned—19-19
25Cream Cheese—3—3
26Currants—10—10
27Custard Powder—2—2
28Dripping—4—4
29Epsom Salts—2—2
30Flour—1—1
31Flour, Self-Raising—8—8
32Ginger Beer—1—1
33Ginger, Ground—2—2
34Glace Cherries—4—4
35Glycerine and Thymol—6—6
36Golden Syrup—5—5•
37Gregory Powder—5—5
38Herbs, Mixed—2—2
39Honey—22—22
40Icing Sugar—2—2
41Iodine, Tincture of—6—6
42Jam—31—31
43Lard-44-44
44Lemonade—1-1
45Lemonade Powder—8-8
46Liquorice Powder—4—4
47Margarine—36—36
48Marmalade—20—20
49Milk5159—110
50Milk, Condensed—31—31
51Mincemeat—4-4
52Mint, Dried—2-2
53Mixed Spice—5—5
54Mustard—27—27
55Ointment, Boric—14-14
56Ointment, Iodine-2-2
57Ointment, Zinc-3-3
58Olive Oil-8-8
59Paste, Fish-6-6
60Paste, Meat-7-7
61Peas, Tinned-9-9
62Pepper—11—11
Carried forward99730-829----