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 adulterated | |
| Acetic Acid | - | - | 1 | - |
| Apples | 14 | |||
| Barley | 1 | - | ||
| Bay Leaves | 1 | - | - | - |
| Beans in Tomato Sauce | - | - | 1 | - |
| Bev | 3 | - | - | |
| Bisto | 1 | |||
| Black Pudding | - | - | 1 | - |
| Bourn vita | 1 | |||
| Butter | 60 | - | 6 | - |
| Cake Mixture | 2 | - | - | - |
| Calamine Lotion | 1 | - | - | - |
| "Carmelle" | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cheese | 1 | - | - | |
| Cheese (Cream) ., | - | 2 | - | |
| Cheese Pood | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cheese Spread | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Cheese "Whiz" | - | 1 | - | |
| Chocolate Spread | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cinnamon | 1 | - | - | |
| Cocoa | 5 | - | 1 | - |
| Cod Fillets (Frozen) | 1 | - | - | |
| Coffee and Chicory Essence | 3 | - | - | |
| Coffee and Chicory Extract | 9 | 1 | - | |
| Coffee and Chicory | 4 | 1 | ||
| Coffee | 2 | - | ||
| Compound Fat | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cooking Fat | 2 | - | - | |
| Cornflour | 2 | |||
| Cream | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Cream (Soured) | - | 1 | ||
| Cream (Tinned) | - | 1 | - | |
| Curry Powder | 2 | - | - | |
| Custard Powder | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Dextrosol Glucose Tablets | - | - | 1 | - |
| Egg Mundelechs | 1 | - | ||
| Fish (Creamed) | 1 | - | ||
| Fish Paste | 8 | - | 7 | - |
| Flour (Batter) | 2 | - | - | |
| Flour (Pea) | - | - | 1 | - |
| Flour (Self-Raising) | 10 | - | 2 | - |
| Fro Lik | - | 1 | ||
| Fruit (Mixed Dried) | 3 | - | - | - |
| Fruit Pie | - | 1 | ||
| Gin | 6 | - | ||
| Ground Ginger | 1 | - | ||
| Gravy Powder | 1 | |||
| Ground Nutmeg | 1 | - | - | |
| Honey | 1 | - | ||
| Honeycomb Mould | 1 | - | - | |
| Horseradish (Grated) | 1 | - | ||
| Horseradish Sauce | 1 | |||
| Ice Cream | 2 | - | 35 | 1 |
| Ice Cream Lolly | 1 | |||
| Ice Lolly | - | 3 | ||
| Instant Whip | 1 | - | ||
| Jam | 16 | - | 4 | - |
| C/f. | 169 | - | 93 | 1 |