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 adulterated | Number taken | Number adu11erated | |
| B/f. | 197 | 4 | 103 | 4 |
| Lemon Cheese | 1 | - | - | - |
| Lemon Juice | 1 | - | - | - |
| Lemon Pie Pilling | 2 | - | - | - |
| Macaroni | 1 | - | - | - |
| Margarine | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| Marmalade | 10 | - | 2 | - |
| Meat Paste | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Meat Pie | 1 | - | - | - |
| Milk | 55 | - | 138 | - |
| Milk (Sterilised) | 20 | 1 | - | - |
| Mincemeat | 3 | - | - | - |
| Mixed Peel | 1 | - | - | - |
| Mixed Spice | 5 | - | - | - |
| Mixed Vegetables | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Mustard | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Nesquick | 1 | - | - | - |
| Non Brewed Condiment | 11 | - | - | - |
| Nut Oil | 1 | - | - | - |
| Orange Drink | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Pea Nut Butter | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pease Pudding | 1 | - | - | - |
| Peeled Tomatoes | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pepper | 15 | - | 1 | - |
| Pickles | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pineapple Chunks | - | - | 1 | - |
| Processed Peas | - | - | 1 | - |
| Rice Creamola | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rum | 4 | - | - | - |
| Salad Cream | 1 | - | - | - |
| Salmon | - | - | 1 | - |
| Sauce | 11 | - | 2 | - |
| Sausages (Beef) | 7 | 6 | - | |
| Sausages (Pork) | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Semolina | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Soup Powder | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sponge Mixture | 4 | - | - | - |
| Stoned Dates | - | - | 1 | - |
| Suet | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| Sugar | - | - | 1 | - |
| Sunny Spread | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sweets | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Table Salt | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tea | 3 | - | 2 | - |
| Tinned Garden Peas | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tizer | - | - | 1 | - |
| Unsalted Matzo | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vegetable Macedoine | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vegetable Oil | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vegetable Soup Mixture | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vesop | 1 | - | - | - |
| Vinegar | 3 | - | - | - |
| Vinegar (Malt) | 4 | - | - | - |
| Wafer Sticks | - | - | 1 | - |
| Whisky | 26 | - | - | |
| Totals | 425 | 6 | 285 | 6 |