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 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Number taken | Number Non-Genuine | Number taken | Number Non-Genuine | |
B.F. | 58 | 3 | 550 | 26 |
Oil, cooking | 4 | |||
Oil of Fucalyptus | 2 | |||
Paste, fish | 8 | |||
meat | 5 | |||
tomato | 3 | |||
Peel | 1 | |||
Pickles | 8 | |||
Pie fillings | 14 | 3 | ||
Preserves | 29 | 1 | ||
Pudding mixtures | 8 | |||
Rice, sago, semolina, etc. | 20 | |||
Rum | 3 | 1 | ||
Sauces | 26 | |||
Sausages | 3 | |||
Sodium bicarbonate | 1 | |||
Soups | 8 | |||
Spices | 3 | 20 | 2 | |
Suet | 2 | 1 | ||
Sugar | 4 | |||
Sweets | 18 | 1 | ||
Tea | 28 | 3 | ||
Vegetables, canned | 35 | 1 | ||
dried | 9 | |||
fresh | 8 | |||
Vinegar | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
Whisky | 4 | |||
Yeast | 1 | |||
Yoghurt | 3 | |||
Total | 75 | 4 | 826 | 37 |
A detailed analysis of the non-genuine samples and the action taken is set out below:-
Sample | Analyst's report | Action taken |
---|---|---|
FORMAL | ||
Butter rolls | Fat spread consisted of margarine. | Legal proceedings instituted |
Butter roll | Fat spread consisted of mixture of butter and margarine | Legal proceedings instituted |
Vinegar | Coloured solution containing 2.9 percent acetic acid | Legal proceedings instituted |
Fruit Salad in Syrup | Wrongly labelled, and excessive proportion of syrup. | Correspondence with manufacturers not yet finalised |