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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
Acton 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Articles of food of which samples have been taken. | Total number of samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | |
| Brought forward | 3 | 157 | 3 | 157 | ||
| Jelly, Table | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Juice, Tomato (canned) | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Kidney, Pig's, and Sweetbread | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Lard | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Lobster (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Lozenges | -_ | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Macaroni | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Margarine | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Meat (minced) | 2 | 12 | 2 | 10 | — | 2 |
| Milk | 327 | 6 | 314 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
| ,, (condensed, full cream) | - | 2 | — | 2 | - | - |
| „ (condensed.sweetened,skimmed) | - | 2 | — | 2 | - | - |
| ,, (evaporated) | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Mincemeat | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Mixture, sponge | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Mustard | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| ,, Compound | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Oil, camphorated | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| ,, castor | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Ointment, Basilicon | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| ,, Zinc | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Olive Oil | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
| Onions, pickled | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Oranges (canned) | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Paste, fish | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - |
| ,, meat | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Pastry, Coloured | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Peas (canned) | - | 5 | - | 5 | - | - |
| „ (dried) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| „ (split) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pepper | - | 12 | - | 12 | - | - |
| Pickles | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| „ (sweet) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pie. fruit | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| ,, meat | - | 14 | - | 14 | - | - |
| Pilchards, Tomato sauce (canned) | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pills. Liver | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Plums (bottled) | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Powder, custard | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| ,, lemonade | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| ,, pudding | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Prawns (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Pudding, meat | - | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Raisins | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Raspberries (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - |
| Rice | — | 5 | — | 5 | - | - |
| Roes, soft (canned) | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - |
| Roll and Meat | — | 4 | — | 4 | - | - |
| Salad, Fruit (canned) | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | - |
| Salmon (canned) | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | - |
| Salt, gravy | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - |
| Salts, Epsom | — | 4 | — | 4 | — | - |
| Sardines | 1 | 23 | — | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Sauce | - | 4 | — | 4 | _ | - |
| ,, Mint | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | - |
| Sausage | 11 | 39 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 9 |
| ,, cooked | — | 8 | - | 8 | — | - |
| Carried forward | 344 | 381 | 329 | 368 | 15 | 13 |