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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken | Number aduIterated | Number taken | Number adulterated | |
| Apple Pie | 1 | _ | _ | _ |
| Baking Powder | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Barley | 1 | - | - | - |
| Batter Mixture | 1 | - | - | - |
| Beechams Powder | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bev | 5 | - | - | - |
| Bi- Carbonate of Soda | 4 | - | - | - |
| Biscuits | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bisto | 2 | - | - | - |
| Blackcurrant Syrup Spread | I | - | - | - |
| Blanc Mange Powder | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bread Crumbs | - | - | 1 | - |
| Butter | 23 | - | 5 | |
| Cake Mixture | 7 | - | 1 | - |
| Carmelle Dessert | 1 | - | - | - |
| Castor Oil | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cheese | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Chocolate Drink | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chandy | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chico | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cinnamon | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Cocoa | 6 | - | 4 | - |
| Coffee and Chicory | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Coffee and Chicory Extract | 7 | - | 3 | - |
| Cooking Pat | 8 | - | - | - |
| Cornflour | 2 | " | - | - |
| Corned Beef | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Cream | 3 | - | - | |
| Cream Lolly | - | - | 2 | - |
| Cremola Foam Crystals | 1 | - | - | - |
| Custard Powder | 3 | - | - | - |
| Desiccated Coconut | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dessert Powder | 1 | - | - | |
| Dressed Crab | 2 | - | 4 | - |
| Dried Mushrooms | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dried Yeast | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dripping | 1 | - | - | |
| Egg Mundelets | 1 | - | - | - |
| Epsom Salts | 1 | - | - | - |
| Fish Paste | 18 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Flavouring Essence | - | - | 1 | - |
| Flour (batter) | 1 | - | - | - |
| French Mustard | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gin | 11 | - | - | - |
| Glace Cherries | - | - | 1 | - |
| Glauber Salts | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Ground Cloves | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ground Ginger | 2 | - | - | - |
| Ground Nutmeg | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gravy Browning | 1 | - | - | |
| Herrings in Sauce | - | - | 1 | |
| Honey | 2 | - | - | - |
| Horseradish Cream | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ice Cream | 10 | - | 44 | 2 |
| Ice Lolly | - | - | 6 | - |
| Instant Pudding | 1 | - | - | |
| Instant Whip | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jam | 6 | - | 3 | - |
| C/f. | 158 | 4 | 87 | 2 |