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. | |
Apricots in Syrup | 1 | — | — | — |
Baking Powder | 5 | — | — | — |
Barley Flakes | 1 | — | — | — |
Beef Cubes | 3 | — | — | — |
Bicarbonate of Soda | 3 | — | — | — |
Bisto | 11 | — | — | — |
Blanc Mange Powder | 3 | — | — | — |
Bournevita | 1 | — | — | — |
Butter | 137 | — | — | — |
Caraway Seeds | 2 | — | — | — |
Cake Mixture | 2 | — | — | — |
Cheese | 1 | — | — | — |
Chutney | 2 | — | — | — |
Cinnamon | 5 | — | — | — |
Cloves | 1 | — | — | — |
Cocoa | 17 | — | — | — |
Coffee and Chicory Extract | 37 | — | — | — |
Cooking Fat | 5 | — | — | — |
Cornflour | 3 | — | — | — |
Cremola | 1 | — | — | — |
Curry Powder | 4 | — | — | — |
Custard Powder | 6 | — | — | — |
Dessert Powder | 3 | — | — | — |
Desiccated Coconut | 1 | — | — | — |
Drinking Chocolate | 2 | — | — | — |
Flour (Batter) | 2 | — | — | — |
Flour (Cake) | 10 | — | — | — |
Flour (Pea) | 4 | — | — | — |
Flour (Self Raising) | 6 | — | — | — |
Flour (Soya) | 1 | — | — | — |
Fish Paste | 9 | — | — | — |
French Mustard | 2 | — | — | — |
Fruit Shapes | 2 | — | — | — |
Gelatine | 2 | — | — | — |
Glace Cherries | 1 | — | — | — |
Glucoris | 1 | — | — | — |
Ground Ginger | 4 | — | — | — |
Gravy Browning | 2 | — | — | — |
Gravy Powder | 3 | — | — | — |
Gravy Salt | 2 | — | — | — |
Haricot Beans | 1 | — | — | — |
Herbs | 7 | — | — | — |
Honey | 4 | — | — | — |
Horse Radish Sauce | 3 | — | — | — |
Ice Cream | — | — | 28 | — |
Icing Sugar | 1 | — | — | — |
Jam | 4 | — | — | — |
Jelly | 6 | — | — | — |
Carried forward | 334 | — | 28 | — |