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 | |
Gelatine | - | 1 | 1 I | - | - | - |
Gin | 1 | — | - | - | - | |
Glucose tablets | — | I | 1 | -_ | - | - |
Halibut Liver Oil capsules | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Ice lolly | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | — |
Icing sugar, chocolate | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Icing sugar | — | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
Jelly | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | _- |
Lard | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - |
Lemon juice | — | 2 | 2 | - | _- | - |
Lemon curd | — | 2 | 2 | - | _- | - |
Lime crystals | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Liver salts | — | 1 | 1 | _ | - | - |
Marmalade | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Milk | 24 | 4 | 28 | - | _- | - |
Milk, Channel Island | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
Mint, garden | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Meringue powder | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Mineral water | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Marzipan | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Mincemeat | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Mussels | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Mustard, french | — | 1 | 1 | -_ | - | - |
Preserve, apricot | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | _- |
Pastry | — | 2 | 2 | -_ | - | - |
Phensic | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Peel, mixed | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Plum pudding | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | - |
Port | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - |
Rice pudding | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Rum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | _- |
Suet, beef | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | _ |
Sage and onion stuffing | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Sandwich spread | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Salad cream | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | — |
Sauce | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | - |
Sausage, beef | 4 | — | 4 | - | — | — |
Sausage, pork | 2 | — | 2 | - | — | — |
Sponge mixture | — | 2 | 2 | - | — | — |
Syrup of figs | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Sausage, Frankfurters | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Sherry | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | — |
Tea, triturated | — | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Tea | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
Tuna, tinned | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
Tapioca dessert | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | - |
Travel sickness tablets | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | _- |
Vegarin tablets | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | _ |
Vinegar | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | _- |
Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | - | — | - |
Yeast tablets | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | - |
Yoghourt | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
Totals | 54 | 88 | 142 | 2 | 7 | 9 |