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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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| Article. | Taken. | Adulterated. |
|---|---|---|
| Milk | 153 | 4 |
| Aspirin | 1 | — |
| Banana Slab | 1 | — |
| Bicarbonate of Soda | 1 | — |
| Black Pepper | 1 | — |
| Boracic Ointment | 1 | — |
| Brimstone and Treacle | 1 | — |
| Browning | 1 | — |
| Coffee | 1 | — |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 1 | — |
| Curry | 1 | — |
| Fish Paste | 1 | — |
| Gin | 8 | — |
| Jam | 1 | — |
| Marmalade | 1 | — |
| Mayonnaise | 1 | — |
| Meat Paste | 1 | — |
| Meat Savouries | 1 | — |
| Meats, cooked | 2 | — |
| Mixed Spice | 1 | — |
| Mustard | l | — |
| Pimento | 1 | — |
| Rum | 2 | — |
| Salad dressing | 1 | — |
| Sausages | 7 | — |
| Sausages, cooked | 9 | — |
| Sausage meat | 7 | — |
| Vinegar (non brewed) | 1 | — |
| Whiskoda | 1 | — |
| Whisky | 7 | — |
| Zinc and Castor Oil Cream | 1 | — |
| 218 | 4 |
On the, adulterated samples of milk, one contained 10% of
added water for which legal proceedings were instituted and the
defendant fined £5 with 15/- costs, one was 12% deficient in fat
for which an official caution was issued, and no action was taken
in respect of the other two samples which contained added water
to the extent of 2% and 2.8% respectively.