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 Richmond]
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| Articles. | Number Analysed | Adulterated or Irregular | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Forma! | Informal | Total | |
| Almonds, ground | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Apple Jelly | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bicarbonate of Soda | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Biscuits | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Butter | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Cakes | - | 3 | 3 | |||
| Cake Mixes | 6 | - | 6 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Castor Oil | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cheese | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Christmas Pudding | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Colouring Powder | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| Cooked Meat | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Cough Mixture | - | 4 | 4 | |||
| Cream | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cream of Tartar | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Friars Balsam B.P. | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Glycerine of Thymol | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Halibut Liver Oil | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ice-cream | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Lemon Cheese | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Liver Sausage | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Macaroni | 1 | — | 1 | |||
| Manconnaise, Salmon | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Milk | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Muscatels | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Oil of Eucalyptus | — | 2 | 2 | |||
| Onions, pickled | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Oranges | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Prunes | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rice, creamed | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Roll and butter | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Salt, tenderising | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sandwich spread | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sausages | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Shrimps, potted | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Slimming Tablets | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Soup | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Steak and Kidney Pie | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Sweets | 2 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Trout, Smoked, pate | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 36 | 56 | 91 | 6 | 3 | 9 |