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 Stepney]
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Table A.—
Nature. | Number of Samples | Number Adulterated | Percentage Adulteratec | Preservative Found |
---|---|---|---|---|
Junket | 2 | - | - | - |
Lard | 8 | — | — | — |
Lard Substitute | 2 | — | — | — |
Lemonade Powder | 3 | — | — | None |
Liniment of Turpentine | 2 | — | — | — |
Margarine | 34 | — | — | None |
Meat Paste | — | — | None | |
Milk | 886 | 13 | 1.5 | None |
Minced Meat | 2 | — | - | None |
Mincemeat | 3 | — | - | None |
Mineral Waters | 3 | - | - | None |
Mustard | 5 | — | - | — |
Oatmeal | 3 | - | - | None |
Olive Oil | 6 | - | - | — |
Parrish's Food | 3 | — | - | — |
Pearl Barley | 3 | — | - | None |
Pepper | 10 | — | - | None |
Potassium Citrate | 1 | — | - | — |
Quinine and Cinnamon Tablets | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | — |
Rice | 8 | — | — | None |
Saccharine Tablets | 3 | — | — | — |
Sago | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | None |
Sal Volatile | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | — |
Sauce | 3 | — | — | None |
Sausage | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 7 |
Seidlitz Powder | 6 | — | — | — |
Sodium Bicarbonate | 6 | — | — | — |
Sodium Citrate | 2 | — | — | — |
Spice | 2 | — | — | — |
Spirits | 3 | — | — | — |
Suet | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | — |
Sulphur Ointment | 4 | — | — | — |
Sweets | 5 | — | — | 3 |
Tartaric Acid | 3 | — | — | — |
Tea | 6 | — | — | — |
Tincture of Iodine | 9 | — | — | — |
Tinned Fish | 3 | — | — | — |
Vinegar | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | None |
Zinc Ointment | 6 | — | — | — |
1,586 | 107 | 6.7 | 30 |