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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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FOOD SAMPLES
| Description of Article | Formal Samples | Informal samples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken | Number adulterated | Number taken | Number adulterated | |
| B/f. | 242 | 2 | 265 | 4 |
| Mixed Spice | 4 | - | - | |
| Mustard | 11 | - | - | - |
| Nescafe | 1 | - | - | |
| Non-Brewed Condiment | 11 | - | ||
| Nutmeg .. . „ . „ | 4 | - | ||
| Nut Oil | 1 | - | - | |
| Olive Oil | 3 | - | ||
| Orange Drink | 2 | |||
| Oranges (Spanish) | 5 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| Oranges in Syrup | 1 | |||
| Oxo | 3 | - | ||
| Parsley | 1 | - | ||
| Pepper | 9 | - | 2 | |
| Pickling Spice | 1 | |||
| Potatoes | - | 2 | ||
| Potted Salmon | 2 | - | ||
| Raising Powder | 2 | 2 | ||
| Rice | 1 | |||
| Rum | 5 | - | ||
| Sage | 1 | |||
| Salad cream | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Sauce | 6 | - | 1 | |
| Sausages (Beef) | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Sausages (Pork) | 15 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Sausage Meat (Pork) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Semolina | 2 | - | - | |
| Single Cream | - | 1 | - | |
| Soup | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sponge Mixture | 5 | - | ||
| Stuffing | 1 | |||
| Suet | 3 | |||
| Sugar | 1 | |||
| Sugar (Brown) | 1 | - | ||
| Teething Powder | 1 | - | ||
| Tea | 4 | 3 | ||
| Tinned Pish | - | 1 | - | |
| Vinegar | 3 | - | ||
| Vinegar (Malt) | 20 | - | - | |
| Whisky | 17 | - | - | - |
| Total | 402 | 4 | 300 | 10 |