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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1966
[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 |