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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
Stepney 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table A.—
| Nature. | Number of Samples | Number Adulterated | Percentage Adulterated | Preservative Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jam | 8 | - | - | 3 |
| Jelly | 6 | — | — | 2 |
| Lard | 9 | 2 | 22.2 | — |
| Lard Substitute | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | — |
| Lemonade Powder | 3 | - | - | None |
| Lemon Curd | 3 | - | - | None |
| Liniment of Turpentine | 3 | — | — | — |
| Magnesia | 7 | 7 | 100 | — |
| Margarine | 51 | 2 | 3.9 | None |
| Milk | 890 | 67 | 7.5 | None |
| Minced Meat | 16 | 2 | 12.5 | 2 |
| Mustard | 6 | - | - | - |
| Oatmeal | 3 | - | - | None |
| Olive Oil | 3 | - | - | - |
| Parrish's Food | 3 | - | - | - |
| Pearl Barley | 6 | — | — | None |
| Peas | 3 | — | — | None |
| Pepper | 6 | — | — | None |
| Potassium Citrate | 1 | — | — | - |
| Rice | 10 | - | - | None |
| Saccharine Tablets | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | - |
| Sago | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | None |
| Sauce | 3 | — | - | None |
| Sausage | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 |
| Seidlitz Powder | 3 | — | — | - |
| Smoked Salmon | 6 | - | — | None |
| Sodium Bicarbonate | 8 | - | — | — |
| Sodium Citrate | 1 | - | - | - |
| Spice | 3 | — | — | — |
| Spirits | 13 | 1 | 7.7 | — |
| Steak Pie | 3 | — | — | None |
| Suet | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | — |
| Sugar | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | None |
| Sulphur Ointment | 4 | — | — | — |
| Sweets | 11 | — | — | 1 |
| Tartaric Acid | 3 | — | — | - |
| Tea | 6 | — | — | - |
| Tincture of Iodine | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | - |
| Tinned Foods | 7 | — | — | None |
| Vinegar | 5 | — | — | None |
| Xmas Pudding | 1 | — | — | None |
| Zinc Ointment | 5 | — | — | — |
| 1,544 | 134 | 8.7 | 26 |
Details of samples shown in the above table to contain preservative are
given under the respective headings in those cases where an offence had been
committed.