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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
Deptford 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Samples Taken—
| Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total | Percentage of Adulteration. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 141 | 13 | 154 | |
| Flour | 2 | .. | 2 | 12.5 |
| Fruit Pulp | 7 | 1 | 8 | .. |
| Fruits, tinned | 12 | .. | 12 | .. |
| Fruits, dried | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
| Galantine Roll | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Grape Fruit Squash | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Haricot Beans in Tomato Sauce | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Herbs, dried | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Honey, prepared | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Jam | 4 | 5 | 9 | 55.5 |
| M eat Paste | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Menthol Pellets | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Mercurial Ointment | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| „ Pills | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Mercury Ointment | .. | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Pills | .. | l | 1 | 100.0 |
| Milk | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Jelly, Table | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Jellied Eels | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Lemon Squash | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Marmalade | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Milk and Milk Foods, dried | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Mushrooms, tinned | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
| Mustard Compound | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| „ Prepared | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Mustard | .. | 1 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Olive Oil, B.P. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Oxtail Soup | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pastries, Fancy | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pepper | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Pepper Compound | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Peas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Peas, tinned | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Rice, Cream | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Salmon | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Sardines, tinned | .. | 5 | 5 | 100.0 |
| Sauce | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Sausage and Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Shredded Beef Suet | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Soup Powder | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Sweets | 17 | .. | 17 | .. |
| Syrup, Golden | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Tea | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Tonic Food | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Vinegar | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Vinegar Wine | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| Vitoleum Cream | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| Wafers | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22.2 |
| Vegetables, tinned | 7 | .. | 7 | .. |
| Wine, alcoholic | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Total Informal, etc., Samples | 259 | 29 | 288 | 10 1 |