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 Croydon]
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Total Samples. | Genuine | Not Genuine | Prosecutions | Convictions | Cautions | |
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Ground Ginger | 10 | 10 | ||||
Ground Nutmeg | 2 | (incl.1 inf) | 2 | |||
Ground Rice | 12 | 12 | ||||
Ham | 3 | 3 | ||||
Honey | 11 | 11 | ||||
Ice Cream | 14 | 14 | ||||
Icing Sugar | 1 | 1 | ||||
Jam | 18 | 18 | ||||
Jellied Veal | 2 | 2 | ||||
Lard | 10 | 10 | ||||
Lemonade | 8 | 8 | ||||
Lemonade Powder | 9 | 9 | ||||
Lemon Curd | 8 | 8 | ||||
Lemon Squash | 4 | 4 | ||||
Liquorice Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
Liver Sausage | 7 | 7 | ||||
Malt Vinegar | 13 | 13 | ||||
Margarine | 15 | 15 | ||||
Meat Paste | 13 | 13 | ||||
Meat Pie' | 2 | 2 | ||||
Minced Beef | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Mincemeat | 6 | 6 | ||||
Mint Sauce | 1 | 1 | ||||
Mixed pickles | 7 | 7 | ||||
Mixed Spice | 5 | 5 | ||||
Mustard Mixture | 8 | 8 | ||||
Oatmeal | 4 | 4 | ||||
Olive Oil | 10 | 10 | ||||
Pearl Barley | 10 | 10 | ||||
Pepper | 11 | 11 | ||||
Pickled Onions | 10 | 10 | ||||
Pressed Beef | 2 | 2 | ||||
Raisin Wine | 3 | 3 | ||||
Rissoles | 2 | 2 | ||||
Rum | 1 | 1 | ||||
Sausage | ||||||
" Beef | 24 | 24 | ||||
"Beef Preserved | 3 | 3 | ||||
" Luncheon | 18 | 18 | ||||
" Pork | 12 | 12 | ||||
" Pork Preserved | 8 | 8 | ||||
Smoked | 2 | 2 | ||||
Saveloys | 5 | 5 | ||||
Sherbet powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
Shredded Suet | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||
Shredded Suet with | ||||||
Rice Flour | 5 | 1 | ||||
Spirit Vinegar | 1 | 1 | ||||
Sponge Mixture | 5 | |||||
Sweets | 16 | 16 | ||||
Syrup of Figs | 2 | 2 | ||||
Table Jelly | 8 | 8 | ||||
Tapioca | 10 | 10 | ||||
Tea | 16 | 16 | ||||
Tinned Asparagus | 5 | 5 | ||||
Tinned Beans | 10 | 10 | ||||
Tinned Cream | 5 | 5 | ||||
Tinned Herrings | l | 1 | ||||
Tinned Peas | 14 | 14 | ||||
Tinned Soup | 8 | 8 | ||||
Treacle | 1 | 1 | ||||
Tincture of Iodine | 1 | — | 1 | |||
Vinegar | 6 | 6 | ||||
Whiskey | 3 | 3 | ||||
1207 | 1185 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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