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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Bakers | 1 |
Bakehouse | 1 |
Butchers | 2 |
Cafes and restaurants | 29 |
Grocery and provisions | 35 |
Public houses | 10 |
Stalls | 1 |
Itinerant vendor | 1 |
Total | 80 |
There were five new applications for the Preparation or Manufacture of
Preserved food intended for sale and at the end of the year there were 163
premises registered.
FOOD SAMPLES - SUMMARY OF ANALYSES
Description of Article | Formal | samples | Informal | samples |
---|---|---|---|---|
Number taken | Number Adulterated | Number taken | Number Adulterated | |
Apple turnover | 1 | 1 | ||
Asprin tablets | 9 | 2 | ||
Baby foods | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Baking powder | 2 | |||
Batter mix | 1 | |||
Biscuits | 11 | 5 | ||
Blancmange powder | 1 | |||
Brandy | 1 | |||
Bread | 7 | 3 | ||
Butter | 4 | 9 | ||
Cake mixes | 3 | |||
Cheese | 8 | |||
Christmas puddings | 3 | |||
Chutney | 1 | 2 | ||
Cocktail wine | 2 | |||
Cocoa | 1 | |||
Coconut, creamed | 2 | |||
Coffee | 11 | |||
Colourings | 5 | |||
Cookeen | 4 | |||
Cream, canned | 5 | |||
fresh | 2 | |||
Drinks, mineral-soft - etc., | 81 | |||
Pish, canned | 23 | 1 | ||
Flavouring essence | 20 | 1 | ||
Flour | 2 | 13 | ||
Fruit, bottled | 1 | |||
canned | 29 | 1 | ||
dried | 28 | |||
fresh | 14 | |||
Gin | 4 | |||
Ginger, ground | 2 | |||
Ice cream | 6 | 21 | ||
Jellies | 1 | 15 | ||
Lard | 11 | |||
Liquid paraffin | 1 | |||
Margarine | 1 | 13 | ||
Marmite | 1 | |||
Marzipan | 4 | |||
C.F. | 24 | 366 | 15 |