London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St James's 1878
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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| No. | Articles Examined. | By whom submitted. | Result of Analysis. | Sum paid for Analysis. | Observations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Harvey's Sauce | Vestry Officer | A composition | Nothing | No poisonous ingredient |
| 62 | Ketchup | Vestry Officer | A composition | Nothing | No poisonous ingredient |
| 63 | Reading do. | Vestry Officer | A composition | N othing | No poisonous ingredient |
| 64 | Lime Juice Powder | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Citric Acid and Sugar |
| 65 | Citrate of Magnesia | Vestry Officer | A composition | Nothing | Contained Soda, Magnesia, and Citric Acid |
| 66 | Sherbert Powder | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | |
| 67 | Sherbert Powder | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | |
| 68 | Citrate of Magnesia | Vestry Officer | A composition | Nothing | Chiefly Tartaric Acid with Soda and Magnesia |
| 69 | Anchovy Paste | Vestry Officer | Coloured with Oxide of Iron | Nothing | |
| 70 | Tin of Mixed Spice | Vestry Officer | A mixture | Nothing | No injurious ingredient |
| 71 | Tinned Salmon | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Fine fish perfectly preserved |
| 72 | Tinned Lobster | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Well preserved and very good |
| 73 | Tinned Salmon | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Fine fish perfectly preserved |
| 74 | Tinned Lobster | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Fine fish perfectly preserved |
| 75 | Milk Cocoa | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Slightly mouldy on surface |
| 76 | Tinned Pine Apple | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Fine fruit perfectly preserved |
| 77 | Apricots | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Fine fruit perfectly preserved |
| 78 | Tinned Peas | Vestry Officer | Genuine | Nothing | Perfectly free from copper |
| Carlowitz Wine | Parishioner | Not adulterated | A cheap wine | ||
| Claret Wine | Parishioner | Not adulterated | A cheap wine |
Ninety-seven specimens of Sauces and one packet of Milk Food also were examined daring the year.
All were submitted by a Vestry Officer.
All were compositions.
No money was paid in respect of the analysis of any sample.
No poisonous ingredient was discovered in any of them.