London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Bromley 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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Adulteration or

Formal.Informal.Irregularity.
Milk powder1
Meat Extract2
Mustard2
Nerve Tonic1
Parsley Stuffing1
Pea Flour1
Pudding Mixtures1
Plums, tinned1
Paste colouring1
Powdered Gelatine1
Pastilles1
Pearl Barley1
Pudding & Cake Mixture6
Rice, flaked1
Rice Powder1
Sago Pudding1
Semolina2
Spaghetti3
Soya Flour1
Soup Powder1
Sausages7
Sal Volatile1
Salad Dressing Powder1
Sauce and Pickles8
Scone Mixture-1
Tea_1
Tincture of Iodine_1
Vermicelli_1
Vegetable Extract-1
Wine Essences-2
Yorkshire Pudding Mixture-1
Zinc Ointment1
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The following tabulation shows in detail the adulteration irregularities and action taken :—

Article.Formal.Adulteration or Irregularity.Action taken.
Informal.
milk.Formal.Contained 10.8% of added waterFined £3 and £1 1s. costs.
milkFormal.Contained 5.3% of added water.Case dismissed on payment of 25s. costs.
EdibleGelatine
Formal.Contained 4256.0 parts of sulphur dioxide per millionThe wholesaler was prosecuted in another Borough.