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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928.
Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total. | Percentage of Adulteration. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barley | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Beef, Minced | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Boric Acid | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Butter | 24 | .. | 24 | .. |
Cheese | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Christmas Pudding | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Coconut, desiccated | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Coffee | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
Cream | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Curry Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Dripping | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Faggots | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Fat, cooking | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Fruits, dried | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Fruits, crystallised | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Ginger, ground | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Ginger, crystallised | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Jam | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Lard | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Lysol, B.P. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Lysol Solution | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Margarine | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Milk | 242 | .. | 242 | .. |
Mincemeat | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
Mustard | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Oil, frying | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Olive Oil | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Paraffin, liquid medicin'l B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Parrish's Food, B P. | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 |
,, special formula | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Peas, dried | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Pepper | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
Rice, ground | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Sausage, beef | .. | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
Sausages | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
,, Preserved | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
Sa\eloy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Spirits | 16 | .. | 16 | .. |
Spice, mixed | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Sweets | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
Veal, ham & chicken roll | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Vinegar | 11 | .. | 11 | .. |
,, Malt | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
Wine, non-alcoholic | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
Zinc Ointment | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Total Formal Samples | 377 | 3 | 380 | 0.8 |
Beans, baked,inTomatosauce | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Boracic Ointment, B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Borax, B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Bread | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Butter | 10 | .. | 10 | .. |
Cake | 12 | .. | 12 | .. |
Carried forward | 26 | 26 |
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