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 Malden & Coombe]
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ARTICLES | ANALYSED | Adulterated or below standard. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
Confectionery | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Cordials | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Cornflower | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Cherry wine | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - |
Ginger, ground | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Gelatine | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Glucose | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Gin | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
Honey | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Ice-cream | 6 | 8 | 14 | - | 1 | 1 |
Jelly Crystals | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Jelly, table | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Jam | — | 4 | 4 | - | — | — |
Ketchup | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Lard | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Milk | 36 | 18 | 54 | - | — | — |
Milk (Channel Island) | 3 | — | 3 | - | — | — |
Milk, condensed | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | — |
Margarine | — | 3 | 3 | - | — | — |
Marmalade | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Meringue powder | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Orange curd | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Pepper, white | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Rum | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
Sausage, pork | 4 | — | 4 | - | — | — |
Sausage, beef | 2 | — | 2 | - | — | — |
Sausage meat | 2 | — | 2 | - | — | — |
Sponge mixture | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Stuffing | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | — |
Sherbert fountain | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Saccharin | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
Sherry | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
Throat tablets | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Tea | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Vinegar | 2 | — | 2 | - | — | — |
Vermouth | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
Whiskey | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
Totals | 74 | 72 | 146 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Notes in regard to samples shown as adulterated or below standard or
otherwise.
Milk. — It is satisfactory to note that none of the fifty-seven samples
of milk was adversely reported upon.