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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 1947

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: ADULTERATED SAMPLES (including other offences)

ADULTERATED SAMPLES (including other offences)

Nature.Adulterated,etc.: Pros: ecu: tionsCautions
InformalFormalPrivate
Foods
Meat Paste1----
Fruit Drinks32111
Sausages22-11
Coffee1---
Fish Paste21-1-
Milk .35-41
Buttered Rolls6----
Vinegar22-2
Jolly Mould11-1-
Lemonade Powder1---
Sauce21111
Tinned Soup1----
Egg Substitute Powder1----
Malted Milk Tablets1---
Private Foods
0atmea1--1--
Meat--1mm-
Lemonade Powder—-2--
Milk-1--
Pickled Cabbage--1--
Vinegar--1--
Tinned Jam--3--
Tinned Pork & Beans--1--
Condensed Milk--1•-
Currants--1--
Drugs
Fullers Earth11--1
Saccharin2--- .-
Fynnon Salts1----
Baby powder1----
Boric Ointment1---
Sulphur Ointment11--1
Cough Tablets1----
Peppermints1----
Glauber Salts1----
Zinc Ointment1—---

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Poor Quality Samples. 41 samples (including 20 samples
of milk) were reported as being of inferior grade or
doubtful quality.
Legal Proceedings. Lagal proceedings were taken in 9
cases. The vendors paid a total of £92.16.0 in fees
and costs.
Douglas Henville, F.R.I.C.
Public Analyst.
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