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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Food and Drugs—Samples Taken.
| Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almonds, ground | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Arrowroot | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Beef, minced | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Butter | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
| Cheese | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Cocoa | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Coffee | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Curry Powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Dripping | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Fat, cooking | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Fruit, (dried), Sultanas | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Ginger, ground | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Glycerine | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
| Grey powder | 1 | 3 | 4 | 75 |
| Jam | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Margarine | 2 | .. | 2 | . . |
| Milk | 195 | 3 | 198 | 1.5 |
| Milk, sterilised | .. | 3 | .. | |
| Mustard | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Nutmeg, ground | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Pepper | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
| Pepper, black (whole) | .. | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Sausage | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Spirts | 10 | 6 | 16 | 37.5 |
| Suet, chopped | . . | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| Vinegar | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| ,, Malt | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Wine, non-alcoholic | 4 | .. | 4 | . . |
| Total Formal Samples | 15 | 268 | 5.6 | |
| Aspirin tablets, 5 gr, | .. | 3 | .. | |
| Baked beans in tomato sauce | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Baking powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Banana curd | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Biscuits and wafers | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Biscuits, chocolate | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Blancmange | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Butter | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Cake | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Cheese | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
| Cherries, glace | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Chocolate | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Chocolate, white | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Chutney | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Cinnamon | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Cinnamon powder | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Cocoa | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Coconut, desiccated | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Cod Liver Oil & Malt Extract | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Coffee | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Carried forward | 43 | .. | 43 |
The following is a statement of the samples purchased and submitted
for analysis during 1936.