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 Southwark, Borough of]
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Article. | Number of Samples taken. | Adulterated. |
---|---|---|
Milk | 420 | 8 |
Condensed Milk | 18 | — |
Butter | 96 | — |
Margarine | 75 | — |
Lard | 55 | — |
Coffee | 12 | — |
Cocoa | 26 | — |
Tea | 29 | — |
Sugar | 38 | — |
Mustard | 9 | — |
Soup Powder | 2 | — |
Table Jelly | 20 | — |
Brawn | 7 | — |
Liver Sausage | 1 | — |
Cake | 11 | — |
Mixed Spice | 6 | — |
Dripping | 8 | — |
Self-raising Flour | 31 | — |
Pea Soup Flour | 15 | — |
Saxa Salt | 4 | — |
Vinegar | 5 | 2 |
Cornflour | 10 | — |
Suet and Rice Flour | 4 | — |
Pearl Barley | 15 | — |
Rice | 29 | — |
Semolina | 3 | — |
Tapioca | 19 | — |
Custard Powder | 16 | — |
Mustard Compound | 8 | — |
Sandwich | 6 | — |
Fish Paste | 12 | — |
Oatmeal | 4 | — |
Arrowroot | 3 | — |
Desiccated Soup | 1 | — |
Curry Powder | 5 | — |
Ground Ginger | 1 | — |
Carried forward | 1024 | 10 |
Percentage of adulterated samples for the year—0.99