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 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. | ||
1 | Almonds, Ground | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
2 | Arrowroot | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
3 | Asparagus | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
4 | Baking Powder | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
5 | Bramble Jelly | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
6 | Butter | 38 | 113 | — | 151 | ||||
7 | Butter and Bread | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
8 | Butter and Roll | — | 66 | — | 66 | ||||
9 | Camphorated Oil | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
10 | Candied Peel | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
11 | Capsules, Halibut Liver Oil | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
12 | Carrots | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
13 | Castor Oil | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
14 | Cheese | — | 34 | - | 34 | ||||
15 | Chocolate Sponge | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
16 | Cinnamon, Essence of | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
17 | Citric Acid | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
18 | Cocoa | — | 13 | — | 13 | ||||
19 | Cod Liver Oil | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
20 | Coffee | — | 33 | — | 33 | ||||
21 | Cooking Fat | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
22 | Cornflour | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
23 | Cream, Loose | 10 | 2 | — | 12 | ||||
24 | Cream, Tinned | — | 19 | - | 19 | ||||
25 | Cream Cheese | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||
26 | Currants | — | 10 | — | 10 | ||||
27 | Custard Powder | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
28 | Dripping | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
29 | Epsom Salts | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
30 | Flour | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
31 | Flour, Self-Raising | — | 8 | — | 8 | ||||
32 | Ginger Beer | — | 1 | — | 1 | ||||
33 | Ginger, Ground | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
34 | Glace Cherries | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
35 | Glycerine and Thymol | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
36 | Golden Syrup | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
37 | Gregory Powder | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
38 | Herbs, Mixed | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
39 | Honey | — | 22 | — | 22 | ||||
40 | Icing Sugar | — | 2 | — | 2 | ||||
41 | Iodine, Tincture of | — | 6 | — | 6 | ||||
42 | Jam | — | 31 | — | 31 | ||||
43 | Lard | - | 44 | - | 44 | ||||
44 | Lemonade | — | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
45 | Lemonade Powder | — | 8 | - | 8 | ||||
46 | Liquorice Powder | — | 4 | — | 4 | ||||
47 | Margarine | — | 36 | — | 36 | ||||
48 | Marmalade | — | 20 | — | 20 | ||||
49 | Milk | 51 | 59 | — | 110 | ||||
50 | Milk, Condensed | — | 31 | — | 31 | ||||
51 | Mincemeat | — | 4 | - | 4 | ||||
52 | Mint, Dried | — | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
53 | Mixed Spice | — | 5 | — | 5 | ||||
54 | Mustard | — | 27 | — | 27 | ||||
55 | Ointment, Boric | — | 14 | - | 14 | ||||
56 | Ointment, Iodine | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||
57 | Ointment, Zinc | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
58 | Olive Oil | - | 8 | - | 8 | ||||
59 | Paste, Fish | - | 6 | - | 6 | ||||
60 | Paste, Meat | - | 7 | - | 7 | ||||
61 | Peas, Tinned | - | 9 | - | 9 | ||||
62 | Pepper | — | 11 | — | 11 | ||||
Carried forward | 99 | 730 | - | 829 | - | - | - | - |