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 Orpington]
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INFORMAL SAMPLES.
Description of Sample. | Number of Samples submitted. | Number genuine. | No. not genuine. |
---|---|---|---|
Aspirin Tablets | 6 | 6 | — |
Essence of Almonds | 1 | 1 | — |
Anti-Gas Ointment (No. 2) | 8 | 8 | — |
Almond Cake Mixture (sweetened) | 1 | 1 | — |
Boracic Ointment | 1 | 1 | — |
Blanc Mange | 2 | 2 | — |
Bloater Paste | 1 | 1 | — |
Baking Powder | 2 | 2 | — |
Butter | 6 | 6 | — |
Beef Paste | 1 | 1 | — |
Bourn Vita | 1 | 1 | — |
Bisto | 1 | 1 | — |
Boracic Powder | 5 | 5 | — |
Castor Oil | 6 | 6 | — |
Custard Powder | 7 | 7 | — |
Coffee | 7 | 7 | — |
Cooking Fat | 5 | 5 | — |
Cocoa | 4 | 4 | — |
Chicken, Ham & Tongue Paste | 3 | 3 | — |
Cereal Food | 1 | 1 | — |
Camphorated Oil | 2 | 2 | — |
Cheese | 1 | 1 | — |
Cake Mixture (Sweetened) | 2 | 2 | — |
Chutney | 1 | 1 | — |
Custard Powder (Sweetened) | 1 | 1 | — |
Chicken and Ham Paste | 1 | 1 | — |
Celery Salt | 1 | 1 | — |
Crab and Lobster Paste | 1 | 1 | — |
Cascara Sagrada | 2 | 2 | — |
Egg Substitute | 3 | 3 | — |
Flavouring Essence | 1 | 1 | — |
Fish Paste | 1 | 1 | — |
Friars Balsam | 1 | 1 | — |
Flour | 1 | 1 | — |
Flour (Self Raising) | 2 | 2 | — |
Gravy Powder | 2 | 2 | — |
Ham and Beef Paste | 3 | 3 | — |
Tincture of Iodine | 5 | 5 | — |
Iron Pills | 1 | 1 | — |
Junket Powder | 2 | 2 | — |
Liquorice Powder | 1 | 1 | — |
Lemon Substitute | 1 | 1 | |
Essence of Lemon | 1 | 1 | — |
Lemon Squash | 1 | 1 | — |
Lard | 1 | 1 | — |
Margarine | 6 | 6 | — |
Mustard | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Meat Paste | 1 | 1 | — |
Onion Flavouring | 1 | 1 | — |
Oatmeal | 2 | 2 | — |
Onion Extract | 1 | 1 | — |
Pudding Mixture | 2 | 2 | — |
Pea Flour | 1 | 1 | — |