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 | ||
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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 |