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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A summary of samples taken during the year, showing the results of analyses, is set out in the following table:—
Description of Article. | Formal samples. | Informal samples. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
No. taken. | No. adulterated. | No. taken. | No. adulterated. | |
Barley | 1 | — | — | — |
Barley Kernels | 1 | — | — | — |
Batter Mixture | 1 | — | — | — |
Baking Powder | 1 | — | — | — |
Beef Cubes | 11 | — | — | — |
Bisto | 5 | — | — | — |
Butter | 148 | 3 | — | — |
Bread | — | — | 1 | — |
Blanc Mange Powder | 1 | — | — | — |
Caramel Dessert | 1 | — | — | — |
Cake Mixture | 11 | 2 | — | — |
Chicken Broth | 1 | — | — | — |
Chewing Gum | — | — | 1 | — |
Chocolates | — | — | 1 | — |
Chocolate Cup | 1 | — | — | — |
Cocoa | 34 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory Extract | 44 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory | 1 | — | — | — |
Coffee | 11 | — | — | — |
Cornflour | 2 | — | — | — |
Cooking Fat | 1 | — | — | — |
Cinnamon | 3 | — | — | — |
Curry Powder | 4 | — | — | — |
Custard Powder | 4 | — | — | — |
Custard Sauce | 1 | — | — | — |
Dried Onion | 1 | — | — | — |
Extract of Tomatoes | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Flour (Cake) | 1 | 1 | — | |
Flour (Pea) | 6 | — | — | — |
Flour (Self-Raising) | 4 | — | — | — |
Flour (Batter) | 2 | — | — | — |
Flour (Bun) | 2 | — | — | — |
Flour (Pudding) | 1 | — | — | — |
Flour (Scone) | 1 | — | — | — |
Frizettes | 1 | — | — | — |
Gravy Powder | 9 | — | — | — |
Gravy Browning | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Ginger | 2 | — | — | — |
Glace Cherries | 1 | — | — | — |
Grape Nuts | 1 | — | — | — |
Herbs (Mixed) | 6 | — | — | — |
Honey | 2 | — | — | — |
Horse-radish and Beet | 1 | — | — | — |
Ice-Cream | — | — | 91 | — |
Jam | 11 | — ' | — | — |
Jelly Crystals | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Ketchup | 8 | — | — | — |
Macaroni | 3 | — | — | — |
Margarine | 149 | — | — | — |
Marmalade | 1 | — | — | |
Carried forward | 507 | 8 | 95 | 1 |