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 Coulsdon]
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Article. | Analysed. | Non-Genuine. | ||||
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Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | |
Coffee and chicory essence | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Colour, synthetic | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Cooking fat | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Cough mixture | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | |
Cream | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Dripping, beef | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Fish cakes | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Fruit, mixed dried | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Fruit, tinned | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Gin | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
. Ginger, ground | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Herbs, mixed dried | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Honey | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Horseradish Ielish | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Jam | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Lard | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Lemonade crystals | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Margarine | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Marmalade | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Meringue powder | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Milk | 60 | — | 60 | — | — | — |
Mincemeat | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Mint in vinegar | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Orange drink | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Paraffin, liquid | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Paste, meat | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Peas, tinned | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Peas, split | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Pectin, fruit | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Peel, mixed cut | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Pepper, ground white | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Pie filling | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Pudding, black | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Rice | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Rose hip syrup | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Rum | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Sago | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Salad cream | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Sardines, tinned | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Sauce | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Sausages | 11 | — | 11 | — | — | — |
Soup | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Spice, mixed ground | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Steak, tinned | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Suet, shredded beef | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Sweets | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
Tapioca | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Tea | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Tomato juice | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Whisky | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Totals | 152 | 8 | 160 | 1 | — | 1 |
It will be noted that only one adverse report was received,
and that on a sample of Cough Mixture, upon which a discrepancy
occurred in the stated formula on the label. Representations
were made to the vendors concerned, and an assurance was
received that this error would be corrected.
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