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 Dagenham]
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Article. | Number Examined. | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal | Total. | Formal. | Informal | Total. | |
Rum Essence | - | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Essence of Rennet | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | – |
Lemonade Crystals | 1 | ' — | 1 | - | – | – |
Custard and Cake Powders | 7 | 3 | 10 | – | – | – |
Cream | - | 1 | 1 | - | – | - |
Milk | 54 | - | 54 | 4 | - | 4 |
Milk—Condensed | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | – |
Butter | 13 | 1 | 14 | - | – | - |
Margarine | 9 | 1 | 10 | – | – | - |
Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | – | – | – |
Suet—Shredded | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 |
Bile Ovals | - | 1 | 1 | – | - | – |
Bread and Butter | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||
Cod Liver Oil | - | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Loaf—Vienna | 1 | – | 1 | - | - | |
Compound Glycerine and Thymol | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Meat and Fish Pastes | 1 | 11 | 12 | – | – | – |
Epsom Salts | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | – |
Meatox Cubes | – | 1 | 1 | - | – | – |
Glauber Salts | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 |
Tinned Fish | – | 9 | 9 | – | – | – |
Health Saline | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Sausages | 22 | – | 22 | 3 | - | 3 |
Saccharine Tablets | - | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Sauces and Pickles | - | 5 | 5 | - | – | – |
Seidlitz Powder | - | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
Peas—Tinned | - | 2 | – | – | – | |
fincture of Quinine | - | 1 | – | – | – | |
Tapioca | – | 2 | – | – | – | |
Swiss Roll | 1 | - | 1 | – | – | – |
Baking Powder | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Oatmeal | 1 | – | 1 1 | – | – | – |
Flour | 1 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – |
Jam | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Dried Fruit | 7 | 7 | – | – | – | |
Spices | 4 | o | 6 | – | – | – |
Vinegar | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
Aspirin | — | 2 | 2 | - | – | -- |
Basilicum Ointment | — | 1 | 1 | - | – | - |
Bicarbonate of Soda | — | 1 | 1 | - | – | — |
Camphorated Oil | — | 1 | 1 | - | – | - |
Cascara Sagrada | - | 3 | 3 | -- | - | – |
Castor Oil | — | 2 | 2 | - | – | - |
Olive Oil | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Petroleum Jelly | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | |
Syrup of Figs | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Yeast Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | — |
Carried forward | 137 | 82 | 219 | 12 | – | 12 |