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 | |
B/f. | 169 | - | 93 | 1 |
Jelly (Table) | 11 | - | 4 | - |
Jelly Crystals | 1 | - | - | - |
Ketchup | 2 | - | - | - |
Lard | 4 | - | 2 | - |
Lemon Curd | 2 | - | - | - |
Lemon Pie Filler | - | - | 1 | - |
Lyonzade | 1 | - | - | - |
Macaroni | 1 | - | - | - |
Margarine | 5 | - | - | - |
Marmalade | 6 | - | 3 | - |
Matzo Meal | 2 | - | - | |
Mayonnaise | - | - | 1 | - |
Meat Paste | 9 | - | 1 | - |
"Mikky" | 1 | - | - | - |
Milk | 50 | - | 122 | - |
Milk (Sterilised) | 20 | - | 1 | - |
Mincemeat | 3 | - | - | - |
Mint Jelly | 1 | - | - | - |
Mix-a-Shake | - | - | 1 | - |
Mustard | 3 | - | - | - |
Mustard Piccalilli | 1 | - | - | - |
Mustard Sauce | - | 1 | - | |
Non-Brewed Condiment | 17 | 1 | 2 | - |
"Nu-Choc" | - | - | 1 | - |
Olive Oil | 1 | - | - | - |
Oranges | - | - | 1 | - |
Ovaltine | 1 | - | - | - |
Oxo | - | - | 1 | - |
Oxo Cubes | 1 | - | - | - |
Pate de Fois (Pure Pork) | 1 | - | - | - |
Peas | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Peas (Processed) | - | - | 1 | - |
Peas (Tinned) | 2 | - | - | - |
Peel (Cut) | 1 | - | - | - |
Pepper | 14 | - | 4 | - |
Pork Fingers (Frozen) | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Pudding (Christmas) | - | - | 1 | - |
Pudding Mixture | 1 | - | - | - |
Rice Pudding (Tinned) | - | - | 1 | - |
Rum | 6 | - | - | - |
"Royal Chiffon" | 1 | - | - | - |
Sal ad Cream | 3 | - | - | - |
Salmon Spread | 1 | - | - | - |
Sauce | 10 | - | 1 | - |
Sausages (Beef) | 8 | - | 5 | - |
Sausages (Pork) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Semolina | 1 | - | ||
Sno- Frute | - | - | 1 | - |
Soup Powder | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Spice (Mixed) | 3 | - | - | - |
Sponge Mixture | 2 | - | - | - |
Spread. Orange | 1 | - | - | - |
Steak and Kidney Pie | 2 | - | - | - |
Suet | 9 | 1 | 2 | - |
Sugar Frosted Flakes | - | - | 1 | - |
Sultanas | - | - | 1 | - |
Sweets | 1 | - | - | - |
Table Salt | 2 | - | - | - |
Tea | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Tea Cake Mixture | 1 | - | - | - |
Tiger Nuts | - | - | 1 | |
Tomatoes | - | - | 1 | - |
Vanilla Flavouring | - | - | 1 | - |
Vesop | 1 | - | - | |
Vinegar | 2 | - | - | - |
Vinegar (Malt) | 2 | - | - | |
Vita Cup | 1 | - | - | - |
Whisky | 21 | - | - | - |
Totals | 420 | 5 | 263 | 4 |