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 samples submitted for analysis during the year:
Articles | No. Examined | Adulterated | Prosecutions | Convictions | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Formal. | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |||
Ale & Stout | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baby Food, Canned | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Beetroot Pickled, | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Blackcurrant Syrup | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bread | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Bread & Butter | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Butter | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cake Mixture | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cheese | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Coffee Extract | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Confectionery: Flour | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Sugar | 4 | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cooking Fat | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cough Pastilles | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cream | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Drink: soft orange | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fish Cakes | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fish & Chips | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fish Paste | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fruit, Canned Apricots | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gin | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Herbs, Dried (Mixed) | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ice cream | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Ice lollipop | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Lung syrup | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Macaroni Cheese | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Magnesia, Milk of | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Margarine | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meat products | 3 | — | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Milk | 8 | 11 | 19 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Oil, Cooking | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Olive Oil | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pickle (Mixed Sweet) | — | I | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Preserves | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Pudding, Christmas | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pudding, Plum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rum | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sauce | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sausages | 6 | — | 6 | - | - | - | - | - |
Soup | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sugar | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tea | 3 | — | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tomato Juice | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tomatoes, Canned | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vinegar | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Whisky | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Wine, alcoholic | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 61 | 46 | 107 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — |