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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
Sutton and Cheam 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Sutton and Cheam]
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The following table indicates the samples taken during the year 1941:—
| Article | Number Examined | Number Adulterated, etc. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In formal | Formal | Total | Informal | Formal | Total | |
| Milk | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Margarine | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Lard | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Batter | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Cheese | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Processed Cheese | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sausage Meat | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Sausages | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| „ (preserved) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Meat Pie | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Meat Roll | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Steak Pie | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Brawn | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Minced Beef | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pressed Beef | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Iceland Fish Balls | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fish Cakes | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bice | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sago | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Semolina | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tapioca | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ground Rice | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Corn Flour | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Arrowroot | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sultanas | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Cocoa | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Coffee | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Vinegar (Malt) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| „ (Spirit) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Dried Eggs | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Egg (substitute) | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Laxatives | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Aspirin Tablets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Boric Acid Ointment | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Camphorated Oil | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Castor Oil | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lung Syrup | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Iodine, Tincture of | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Tannic Acid Jelly | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Anti-Gas Ointment, No. 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fruit Preserving Tablets | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lem-Lem | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lemon Substitute | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Lemonstead (Lemon substitute) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| P.N. Lemola (Lemon substitute) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Onion Extract | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Orange Juice | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| „ Squash | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Baking Powder | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Curry Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Custard Powder | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ground Cinnamon | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Desiccated Soup | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Jelly Crystals | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Green Colouring Matter | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Chocolate Vermicelli | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pea Flour | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pepper, White | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Sterilised Wheat Germ | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bread | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tomato Ketchup | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pickles | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 107 | 2 | 109 | 13 | 1 | 14 |