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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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ADULTERATION OF FOOD.
Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.—Samples of food
for chemical analysis are collected by the Sanitary Inspectors who
are appointed to act as Sampling Officers under this Act. Those
samples taken in strict conformity with the requirements of the
Act are described in this report as " formal samples," whilst those
samples which are purchased without disclosing to the vendor the
fact that samples are being taken for analysis are referred to as
" informal samples."
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) | 3 | — | — | — |
| Aniseed (Balsam of) | — | — | 1 | — |
| Baked Beans | — | — | 2 | — |
| Baking Powder | 3 | — | — | — |
| Brawn | 2 | — | — | — |
| Bread | — | — | 1 | — |
| Butter | 96 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Cake Mixture | 5 | — | — | — |
| Cheese | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cherries (Glace) | 2 | — | — | — |
| Chopped Meat | 19 | — | 2 | — |
| Cider | 2 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Cocoa | 12 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Cod Liver Oil | — | — | 1 | — |
| Cod Liver Oil Emulsion | — | — | 1 | — |
| Coffee | 4 | — | — | — |
| Coffee and Chicory | 8 | — | — | — |
| Coffee and Chicory Extract | 3 | — | — | — |
| Confectionery | 6 | — | 1 | — |
| Cooking Pat | 6 | — | 1 | — |
| Corned Beef | 6 | — | — | — |
| Cream | 14 | — | — | — |
| Cream (Tinned) | 11 | — | — | — |
| Cucumbers (in brine) | — | — | 2 | — |
| Currants | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dripping | 13 | 1 | — | — |
| Egg Vermicelli | — | — | 1 | — |
| Figs | 1 | — | — | — |
| Fish Paste | 6 | — | — | — |
| Flour | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Flour (Self-Raising) | — | — | 1 | — |
| Fruit (Dried) | 6 | — | — | — |
| Fruit (Tinned) | 6 | — | — | — |
| Glucose | — | 1 | — | |
| Gravy Powder | — | — | 1 | — |
| Health Salts | — | — | 2 | — |
| Horse Radish (Evaporated) | — | — | 1 | — |
| Carried forward | 234 | 4 | 32 | 3 |