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 Acton]
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Articles of food of which samples have been taken. | Total number of samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | |||
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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 |