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 Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 31—
Sample No. | Article. | Formal or Informal. | Result of Analysis. | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. |
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572 | Prunes, canned | Informal | Contained tin, 2.66 grains per lb. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
573 | Prunes, canned | Informal | Contained tin, 2.03 grains per lb. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
596 | Gin | Formal | 1.5 per cent. excessive water | Vendor cautioned. |
599 | Vitacream | Informal | The composition was hot in accordance with the label. | — |
76 | Peppercorns | Formal | Contained 99.0 per cent. Pimento. | Vendor cautioned. |
114 | Barbadoes Raw Sugar | Informal | Contained tin, 2.38 grains per lb. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
115 | Barbadoes Raw Sugar | Informal | Contained tin, 3.85 grains per lb. and sulphur dioxide 190 parts per million. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
118 | Dilute Solution of Ammonia. | Informal | Ammonia 17.0 per cent. ex- excessive. | — |
127 | Milk | Formal | 10.0 per cent. of the fat abstracted. | Ordered to pay £5 5s. costs. |
128 • | Milk | Formal | 37.0 per cent. of the fat abstracted. | Ordered to pay £5 5s. costs. |
134 | Milk | Formal | 3.0 per cent. added water | — |
135 | Corned Beef | Informal | Meat contaminated with rust | Four tins surrendered. |
180 | Seidlitz Powders | Informal | 1.07 grammes deficient in sodium potassium tartrate and 1.12 grammes excessive in sodium bicarbonate. | — |
220 | Milk...... | Formal | 1.0 per cent. of the fat abstracted. | — |
228 | Butter | Informal | Contained 16.5 per cent. of water. | — |
333 | Orange Squash | Informal | Contained a red coal-tar dye, 0.015 per cent. | — |
417 | Shredded Suet | Informal | Contained ground rice, 17.6 per cent. | — |
472 | Sild, canned | Informal | Contained tin 2.52 grains per lb. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
494 | Sild, canned | Formal | Contained tin 2.73 grains per lb. | Stock surrendered and destroyed. |
525 | Malt Vinegar | Informal | Consisted entirely of artificial vinegar. | — |