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 Barnet Urban District Council]
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Article | No, Examined | No. Adulterated Etc. | ||||
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Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Almonds, Ground | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Ammoniated Tincture of Quinine | — | 8 | 8 | — | 3 | 3 |
Baking Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Bicarbonate of Soda | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Butter | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
Buttered Coconut Macaroons | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Campherated Oil | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Caramels, Milk | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cheese | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cheese spread with Tomato | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cherrylet | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chicken Pate | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Chicklettes | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Coconut, Desiccated | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Cream | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — |
Curry Powder | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Dripping | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Pish Cakes | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Garlic Salt | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Gelatine | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Ham and Chicken | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Hydrogen Peroxide | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Icing Sugar | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Jam | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Lard | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Marzipan | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Marzipan Substitute | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Milk | 13 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — |
Mile, Condensed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Orange Squash | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Pearl Barley | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Pepper | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Pineapple Chunks, Crystallised | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Rice, Creamed | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Saccharin Tablets | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Sausages Pork | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Spice, Mixed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Steak, Stewed | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Self-Raising Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Tartaric Acid | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Tomato Juice | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Tomato Ketchup | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Tomato Puree | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Vinegar | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
Vinegar, Pickling | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Total | 18 | 62 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
All unsatisfactory samples were reported to the Council.
Vinegar. This was advertised in the vendor's shop as "Pickling Vinegar".
The Public Analyst reported that this was not a brewed condiment and that it
was also deficient in its content of acetic acid. The Council sent a
warning letter to the vendor.