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 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Almonds | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Baby food, canned | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bread | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Bread roll | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Bread and butter | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Butter | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | - | — | — | — |
Coconut, desiccated | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Coffee | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Colouring matter | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Confectionery, chocolate | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Confectionery: flour | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Confectionery: Sugar | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Cream | — | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Drink, soft | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fish paste | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Flavouring almond | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fruit, | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fruit, canned | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fruit, dried | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fruit, juice | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Fruit juice, canned | — | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Gin | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Ice cream | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Jelly tablet | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Margarine | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meat (steak) | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meat products | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meat products, canned | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Medicine (glycerine, lemon and honey) | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Milk | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Milk, evaporated | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Nutmegs, ground | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Oil, cooking | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
Pepper | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pickle (mixed sweet) | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Proprietary food ('Froment') | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Pudding, Christmas | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Salad cream | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Sauce (tomato) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Sausages | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
Stuffing Mixture | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tea | — | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Vegetables, canned | — | 7 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Vinegar | 2 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
Whisky | 1 | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 29 | 67 | 96 | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | - |