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 | |
Almonds, Ground | 1 | _ | 1 | _ |
Arrowroot | - | - | 1 | - |
Baby Foods | - | - | 10 | |
Bacon Savoury | - | - | 1 | - |
Baking Powder | - | - | 2 | - |
Barley, Pearl | - | - | 3 | - |
Bicarbonate of Soda | - | - | 2 | - |
Biscuits, Cakes, etc. | 14 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
Blancmange Powder | - | - | 3 | - |
Bread Crumbs | - | - | 1 | - |
Bread and Butter | 3 | 3 | - | - |
Butter | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Cereals | - | - | 8 | . |
Cheese | 6 | 2 | 21 | 2 |
Cherries, glace | - | - | 1 | - |
Chicken preparations | 2 | - | 4 | 1 |
Chocolate drinks | 5 | - | 2 | - |
Cocoa | - | - | 7 | - |
Coconut | 3 | - | 1 | - |
Coffee | 4 | - | 7 | - |
Colouring matter | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Cornflour | • | - | 2 | - |
Cornmeal | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Cream and Cream substitute | 4 | - | 10 | - |
Cream of Tartar | - | - | 1 | - |
Curry paste and powder | 4 | - | 7 | - |
Custard Powder | • | - | 1 | - |
Custard, tinned | - | - | 1 | - |
Desserts | - | - | 9 | - |
Drinks, minerals, etc. | 15 | - | 16 | 2 |
Drugs and Medicinal Preparations | 3 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
Pat, cooking | 1 | - | 2 | - |
Fish Cakes | 1 | - | - | - |
Fish, canned | 2 | - | 23 | - |
Fish, dried | 2 | - | - | - |
Fish, smoked | 2 | - | - | - |
Flavourings | 12 | 2 | 21 | - |
Flour | 2 | - | 4 | - |
Fruit, bottled | - | - | 1 | - |
Fruit, canned | 4 | - | 27 | - |
Fruit, dried | 2 | 1 | 5 | - |
Fruit, fresh | 1 | - | 3 | - |
Fruit Juice | 1 | - | 8 | - |
Garlic Powder | - | - | 2 | - |
Gravy Powder | - | - | 6 | - |
Herbs | - | - | 12 | 1 |
Honey | 2 | - | - | - |
Ice Cream | 11 | - | 1 | - |
Ice Lollies | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Jellies | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
C/f. | 117 | 15 | 282 | 10 |