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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
Dagenham 1943
[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 | |
| Baking Powder | 7 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Beer | 7 | — | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bread and Butter | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Cake Flour | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Cake and Pudding Mixtures | 8 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Coffee | 6 | — | 6 | — | — | — |
| Cordials | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Crystals—Lemon, etc. | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Custard Powder | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Egg—Dried | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Egg—Powder Substitute | 3 | — | 3 | , 1 | — | 1 |
| Essences—Various | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Extracts—Various | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Flour—Self Raising | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Pea Flour | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Gelatine Powder | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Golden Raising Powder | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Gravy | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Meat | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Medicinal Samples | 15 | 6 | 21 | — | — | — |
| Milk | 43 | — | 43 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Mustard | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Oatmeal | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Paste—Fish | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pepper | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Rum | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Salt | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sauces—Ketchup | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Sausages | 17 | — | 17 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Semolina | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Soups | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Spaghetti—Macaroni | 4 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Spices | 15 | — | 15 | — | — | — |
| Spreads | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Stuffing | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Suet—Chopped | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Table Creams, etc. | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tonic—Vigor | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Vinegar | 15 | — | 15 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 211 | 13 | 224 | 13 | 2 | 15 |