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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FOOD SAMPLES
| Description of Articles | Formal samples | Informal samples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number taken | Number Adulterated | Number taken | Number Adulterated | |
| B/f. | 265 | 4 | 233 | 2 |
| Orange Squash | 1 | - | - | - |
| Oxtail Soup | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pancake Mixture | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Pepper | 14 | - | 1 | - |
| Piccallili | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pork Pie | 3 | - | - | - |
| Pork Sausages | 7 | - | - | - |
| Potted Salmon with Butter | - | - | 1 | - |
| Powidel (Conserve) | - | - | 1 | - |
| Pudding Mix, Sweetened Suet | 1 | - | - | - |
| Raspberry Jam | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ravioli in Tomato Soup | - | - | 1 | - |
| Redcurrant Jelly | - | - | 1 | - |
| Red Plum Jam | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rice Milk Pudding | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| "Rivella" | - | - | 1 | |
| Rum | 9 | 1 | - | -- |
| Salad Cream | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Salami | - | - | 1 | - |
| Salmon Spread | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sandwich Spread | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sauce | 6 | - | 2 | - |
| Sausage Rolls | 1 | - | - | - |
| "Sausalatas" | - | - | 1 | - |
| Savoree Sausage | - | - | 1 | - |
| Savoury WeLsh Rarebit | 1 | - | - | - |
| Scone Mixture | 1 | - | - | - |
| Self-Raising Flour | 11 | - | 1 | - |
| Semolina | 1 | - | - | - |
| "Seven Up" | - | - | 1 | - |
| Shredded Beef Suet | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Shredded Coconut in Syrup | - | - | 1 | - |
| Shredded Horseradish | 1 | - | - | - |
| Shredded Suet | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| Soup Powder | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Spaghetti Milanese | - | - | - | - |
| "Splendo" (Gravy Thick) | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sponge Mixture | - | - | - | - |
| Spread Orange | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sterilised Cream | - | l | - | |
| Stewed Steak with Gravy | - | 1 | - | |
| Stoned Raisins,. | 1 | - | - | - |
| Strawberries in Syrup | - | - | 1 | - |
| Strawberry Jam | 2 | - | l | - |
| Table Jelly | 10 | - | 5 | - |
| Table Salt | 2 | - | - | - |
| Tea | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Tea Cake Mixture | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tinned Cream | - | - | 1 | - |
| Turkey Croquette | - | - | 1 | - |
| Water Ice | - | 3 | - | |
| Whisky | 13 | - | - | - |
| TOTALS | 374 | 6 | 278 | 3 |