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 Hackney]
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The samples taken during the year are described in the following table, the results of analyses being also shown:—
Description of Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number taken. | Number adulterated | Number taken. | Number adulterated | |
Almonds (ground) | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Brawn | 64 | .. | .. | .. |
Butter | 6 | 1 | 27 | 1 |
Cake | 7 | .. | 1 | .. |
Cake powder | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Camphorated oil | 6 | 1 | .. | .. |
Cocoa | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
Coffee | 9 | .. | .. | .. |
,, extract | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
,, mixture | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Cordials | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Cream | 20 | 1 | .. | .. |
Custard powder | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Dripping | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
Fish paste | 7 | .. | .. | .. |
Flour | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Fruit (crystallised) | 4 | .. | .. | .. |
,, (dried) | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
,, (tinned) | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
Jam | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Jelly | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
Lard | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
Margarine | 48 | .. | .. | .. |
Mayonnaise | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Meat (minced or chopped) | 9 | 5 | .. | .. |
Meat paste | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Milk | 550 | 10 | 13 | 1 |
,, (sterilised) | 43 | .. | 1 | .. |
,, (sweetened condensed skimmed) | 21 | .. | 2 | .. |
Mincemeat | 3 | .. | .. | .. |
Mineral waters | 8 | .. | .. | .. |
Mustard | 7 | .. | .. | .. |
Mustard mixture | 5 | .. | .. | .. |
Olive oil | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
Pepper | 16 | .. | .. | .. |
Pickles | 7 | .. | .. | .. |
Sauce | 6 | .. | .. | .. |
Sausages | 27 | .. | .. | .. |
Sugar (icing) | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Sweets | 30 | .. | .. | .. |
Tea | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Vinegar (malt) | 12 | .. | .. | .. |
Water | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
Totals | 1000 | 19 | 52 | 2 |