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 Beddington and Wallington]
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The following table gives details of the samples obtained within this district during the year.
Articles. | Analysed. | Adulterated or Deteriorated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total | |||
Apricots, Dried | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | _ |
Baking Powder | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Blackcurrant Syrup | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | _ | _ |
Butter | — | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cake and Pudding Mixtures | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Cocoa | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | - | - |
Coffee and Chicory | _ | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Curry Powder . | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
Eggs, Dried ... | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | - |
Flour, Self-raising | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Gelatine | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jam | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Lard | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | - | - |
Lemon Squash | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Margarine | — | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Marmalade | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | _ | - |
Milk | 28 | — | 28 | — | — | — | _ | _ |
Milk, Dried, Skimmed | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Pepper | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | - | - |
Pudding | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | - |
Sauces | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Sugar | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - | - |
Tea | — | 2 | — | — | — | - | - | |
Vinegar | — | 7 | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Glycerine | —. | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | - | - |
Glycerine of Borax* | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Phenacetin Tablets | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Phenacetin and Aspirin Tablets | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sulphur Ointment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
— | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Totals | 29 | 69 | 98 | 1 | 11 | 12 | — | — |
* Submitted privately.
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