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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1935
[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:-
| Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description of Article. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. |
| Almonds (ground) | – | – | 3 | – |
| Arrowroot | – | – | 1 | – |
| Aspirin tablets | – | – | 1 | – |
| Baking powder | 6 | – | – | – |
| Brawn | 5 | – | – | – |
| Bread | – | – | 1 | – |
| Butter | 65 | 1 | 31 | – |
| Cherries (crystallised) | 4 | – | – | – |
| Cinnamon (ground) | – | – | 1 | – |
| Cocoa | 12 | – | 1 | – |
| Coffee | 8 | – | – | – |
| ,, and chicory | 4 | – | – | – |
| Corned beef | 8 | – | – | – |
| Cordial | – | – | 3 | – |
| Cream | 9 | – | – | – |
| ,, (tinned) | 8 | – | 1 | – |
| ,, (fruit) | 1 | – | – | – |
| Cucumber (pickled) | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Custard powder | – | – | 1 | – |
| Dripping | 12 | – | – | – |
| Fish paste | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Flour | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Fruit (dried) | 14 | – | – | – |
| ,, (tinned) | 12 | – | – | – |
| Ginger (ground) | – | – | 1 | – |
| Ham liquor | – | – | 1 | – |
| ,, (spiced) | – | – | – | – |
| Ice cream | 1 | – | 5 | – |
| Jam | 9 | – | 1 | – |
| Jelly | – | – | 1 | – |
| Lard | 9 | – | – | – |
| Malt and cod liver oil | – | – | 1 | – |
| Margarine | 30 | – | – | – |
| Meat (minced or chopped) | 25 | – | 11 | – |
| ,, paste | 8 | – | – | |
| Milk | 456 | 12 | 57 | – |
| ,, (sterilised) | 42 | – | – | – |
| ,, (sweetened condensed skimmed) | 18 | – | 2 | – |
| Mincemeat | 6 | – | – | – |
| Mint (dried) | – | – | 2 | – |
| ,, sauce | – | – | 1 | – |
| Mustard | 10 | – | – | – |
| ,, compound | 2 | – | – | – |
| Olive oil | 6 | – | 1 | – |
| Pastries | 5 | – | 5 | – |
| ,, (cream) | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| Peas (tinned) | 6 | – | – | – |
| Pepper | 12 | – | 2 | – |
| Pickles | 12 | – | – | – |
| Bice (ground) | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sago | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sardines | – | – | 4 | – |
| Sauce | 6 | – | – | – |
| Sausages | 15 | – | 7 | – |
| ,, (luncheon) | 5 | – | – | – |
| ,, (preserved) | 5 | – | – | – |
| Suet (shredded) | 6 | – | – | – |
| Sugar | – | – | 7 | – |
| Sweets | 12 | – | – | – |
| Tapioca | – | – | 1 | – |
| Tea | 6 | – | 1 | – |
| Vinegar (malt) | 7 | – | – | – |
| ,, (wood) | 5 | – | 1 | – |
| Totals | 895 | 13 | 163 | 2 |