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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
Wandsworth 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Analysts' Annual Report. 109
OTHER ARTICLES—continued.
Nature of
Sample.
Examined.
Adulterated.
Formal.
Informal.
Total.
Formal.
Informal.
Total.
Rice, Ground
4
4
Sauce
-—
4
4
—
—
—
Sausages
—
22
22
—
—
—
Sausages, Preserved
—
12
12
—
—
—
Sausage Meat
—
6
6
—
—
—
Semolina
—
8
8
—
—
—
Soup, Tinned
—
3
3
—
—
—
Spices
—
12
12
—
—
—
Sponge Mixture . .
—
3
3
—
—
—
Suet, Shredded
—
5
5
—
—
—
Tapioca
—
20
20
—
1
1
Tomato and Cheese
Paste
1
1
Treacle and Golden
Svrup
3
3
Vegetables, Tinned
—
13
13
r
—
Yeast
—
2
2
—
Total
5
259
464
4
4
Below is given the nature and extent of the adulteration
returned in the formal samples submitted :—
Case No.
Nature of Sample.
Nature of Report.
1
Milk
l£ % Extraneous Water and
8 % Deficient in Fat.
3
Ditto
1J % Extraneous Water and
8 % Deficient in Fat
107
Ditto
2 % Extraneous Water
113
Ditto
6 % Deficient in Fat
319
Ditto
5 % Deficient in Fat.
332
333
Ditto
Ditto
23 % Deficient in Fat
12 % Deficient in Fat
334
Ditto
10 % Deficient in Fat
341
Ditto
4 % deficient in Fat
580
Vinegar
3 % Deficient in Acetic Acid
604
Ditto
6 % Deficient in Acetic Acid
998
Milk
23 % Deficient in Fat
Battersea
1a
Ditto
6 % Deficient in Fat
Ditto
3a
Ditto
13 % Deficient in Fat
Ditto
5a
Ditto
10 % Deficient in Fat