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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A wide variety of food samples were taken and submitted to the Public Analyst. The results are set out in the table opposite.
Description of Article | Formal samples | Informal samples | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number taken | Number Non-Genuine | Number taken | Number Non-Genuine | |
Acetic Acid | 2 | 1 | ||
Aspirin tablets | 8 | |||
Baby foods | 5 | 1 | ||
Beer | 9 | |||
Biscuits, cakes, etc. | 22 | 2 | ||
Blackcurrant health drink | 5 | 2 | ||
Bread crumbs | 2 | |||
Bread and butter | 2 | |||
Butter | 8 | 24 | 1 | |
Butter rolls | 2 | 2 | ||
Cereals | 3 | |||
Cheese | 6 | |||
Chicken preparations | 5 | 1 | ||
Chocolate | 2 | |||
Cocoa | 1 | |||
Cocktail wine | 1 | |||
Coffee | 1 | 9 | ||
Colouring matter | 3 | |||
Cream and cream substitutes | 8 | 1 | ||
Custard powder | 2 | |||
Drinks, minerals, etc. | 22 | 1 | ||
Drugs and medical preparations | 1 | 34 | 4 | |
Pish cakes | 1 | 2 | ||
Fish, canned | 1 | 7 | ||
Fresh | 3 | |||
smoked | 2 | 4 | ||
Flavouring essences | 7 | |||
Flour | 25 | |||
Fruit, canned | 1 | 1 | 50 | 5 |
dried | 19 | |||
fresh | 14 | |||
juice | 9 | |||
Gin | 4 | |||
Glycerin | 2 | |||
Herbs | 22 | |||
Honey | 4 | |||
Ice Cream | 1 | 22 | ||
Ice Lollies | 24 | |||
Jellies | 15 | 1 | ||
Lard | 3 | 6 | ||
Margarine | 5 | 1 | ||
Marzipan | 5 | |||
Marmalade | 6 | |||
Meat, canned | 18 | 5 | ||
cooked | 1 | |||
fresh | 4 | |||
Meat, products | 25 | |||
Milk | 12 | 79 | 1 | |
Milk, condensed | 4 | |||
powder | 3 | |||
Mincement | 1 | 4 | ||
Non-brewed condiment | 3 | 2 | ||
C.F. | 58 | 3 | 550 | 26 |