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 powder—1—
Meat Extract—2—
Mustard—2—
Nerve Tonic—1—
Parsley Stuffing—1—
Pea Flour—1—
Pudding Mixtures—1—
Plums, tinned—1—
Paste colouring—1—
Powdered Gelatine—1—
Pastilles—1—
Pearl Barley—1—
Pudding & Cake Mixture—6—
Rice, flaked1——
Rice Powder—1—
Sago Pudding—1—
Semolina—2—
Spaghetti—3—
Soya Flour—1—
Soup Powder—1—
Sausages—7—
Sal Volatile—1—
Salad Dressing Powder—1—
Sauce and Pickles—8—
Scone Mixture-1—
Tea_1—
Tincture of Iodine_1—
Vermicelli_1—
Vegetable Extract-1—
Wine Essences-2—
Yorkshire Pudding Mixture-1—
Zinc Ointment—1—
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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.