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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Description of Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | ||
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Number taken. | Number adulterated. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. | |
Brought forward | 234 | 4 | 32 | 3 |
Ice Cream | — | — | 15 | — |
Infants' Food | — | — | 5 | — |
Iodine Paint | — | — | 1 | — |
Jam | 12 | — | 2 | — |
Jelly | 3 | — | — | — |
Lard | 8 | — | — | — |
Luncheon Sausages | 3 | — | — | — |
Margarine | 40 | — | 1 | — |
Meat Paste | 6 | — | — | — |
Milk | 367 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Milk (Condensed) | 32 | — | 16 | — |
Milk (Dried) | 15 | — | 7 | — |
Milk (Homogenised) | 3 | — | — | — |
Milk (Pasteurised) | 4 | — | 65 | — |
Milk (Sterilised) | 47 | — | 3 | 2 |
Milk Food | 1 | — | 1 | — |
Milk Sugar | 1 | — | — | — |
Mincemeat | 12 | — | — | — |
Mineral Water | 6 | — | — | — |
Mint (Dried) | — | — | 1 | — |
Mustard | 1 | — | — | — |
Mustard (Mixed) | 5 | — | 1 | — |
Olive Oil | 1 | — | — | — |
Olives (Stuffed) | — | — | 1 | — |
Peas(Tinned) | 9 | — | — | — |
Peel (Candied) | 1 | — | — | — |
Pepper | 6 | — | 1 | — |
Pickles | 6 | — | 1 | — |
Prunes (Tinned) | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Salmon and Shrimp Paste | — | — | 1 | — |
Sardines | — | — | 2 | — |
Sarsaparilla | — | — | 1 | — |
Sauce | 12 | — | 1 | 1 |
Sausages | 24 | 1 | — | — |
Sausages (Breakfast) | 3 | — | ----— | — |
Sausages (Preserved) | 8 | — | — | — |
Sausages (Preserved Breakfast) | 3 | — | — | — |
Sponge Mixture | 10 | — | — | — |
Suet (Shredded) | 6 | — | 1 | — |
Sugar | — | — | 1 | — |
Sugar (Pudding) | — | — | 1 | — |
Sultanas | — | — | 2 | — |
Syrup (Cane) | — | — | 1 | — |
Tea | 6 | — | 2 | 1 |
Tomato Juice | — | — | 1 | — |
Veal (Pressed) | 1 | — | — | — |
Vinegar | — | — | 1 | — |
Vinegar (Essence) | 2 | 2 | — | — |
Vinegar (Malt) | 20 | — | — | — |
White Acid | 1 | — | — | — |
Totals | 919 | 9 | 172 | 11 |