London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1936
[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) | - | - | 1 | — |
| Baking powder | 3 | — | — | — |
| Brawn | 6 | — | — | — |
| Brisling | — | — | 1 | — |
| Butter | 63 | 2 | 9 | — |
| Cake mixture | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cherries (crystallised) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Camphorated oil | 9 | — | — | — |
| Cocoa | 12 | — | 2 | — |
| Coffee | 8 | — | — | — |
| ,, and chicory | 4 | — | — | — |
| ,, (extract) | 3 | — | 2 | — |
| Confectionery | 12 | — | 6 | — |
| Corned beef | 12 | — | — | — |
| Cordial | 6 | — | 3 | — |
| Cream | 13 | — | — | — |
| ,, (tinned) | 4 | — | 2 | — |
| ,, (coffee) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Custard powder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dripping | 20 | 1 | — | — |
| Fish paste | 7 | — | 8 | — |
| Fruit (dried) | 18 | — | 3 | — |
| (glace) | 2 | — | — | — |
| ,, (tinned) | 12 | — | 3 | — |
| Ginger chips | 1 | — | — | — |
| ,, (crystallised) | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Honey and glucose | — | — | 1 | — |
| Ice cream | — | — | 7 | — |
| Jam | 15 | — | — | — |
| Jelly | 3 | — | 4 | — |
| Lard | 12 | 1 | — | — |
| Lemonade powder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Margarine | 36 | — | — | — |
| Meat (minced or chopped) | 19 | 4 | 2 | — |
| ,, paste | 5 | — | 1 | — |
| Milk | 350 | 3 | 55 | — |
| ,, (sterilised) | 32 | — | 2 | — |
| ,, (condensed) | 27 | — | 9 | — |
| Mincemeat | 11 | — | — | — |
| Mineral water | 12 | — | — | — |
| Mint (dried) | — | — | 2 | — |
| Mustard | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| ,, compound | 10 | — | — | — |
| Nutmeg | — | — | 1 | — |
| Oatmeal | — | — | 2 | — |
| Olive oil | 9 | — | 1 | — |
| Peel (mixed) | 4 | — | — | — |
| Peas (tinned) | 9 | — | 2 | — |
| Pepper | 12 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pickles | 12 | — | 2 | — |
| Carried forward | 800 | 12 | 136 | — |