London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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| Articles. | Number Genuine. | Number Adulterated. | Total | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward Informal Samples—contd. | 43 | .. | 43 | |
| Coffee and Chicory Extract | .. | .. | ||
| Cream | 6 | .. | ||
| Curry powder | .. | .. | ||
| Dripping | .. | .. | ||
| Egg substitute powder | .. | .. | ||
| Fat, cooking | .. | |||
| Fish fillets | 2 | 2 | .. | |
| Fish paste | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Fish, tinned | 55 | |||
| Fruit, tinned | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50 |
| Fruit, dried | 11 | .. | .. | |
| Fruit juices | .. | 4 | .. | |
| Ginger, ground | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Glycerine | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 |
| Grey powders | 2 | 5 | 71 | |
| Guaiacol tablets | .. | |||
| J am | 5 | 2 | 28.6 | |
| Jelly, table | .. | .. | ||
| Lemonade powder | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Lemon barley powder | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Margarine | 5* | 12 | 41.7 | |
| Meat paste | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| . Meats, tinned | 9 | .. | 9 | .. |
| Meat pie | .. | |||
| Milk | .. | .. | ||
| Milk, condensed | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Milk, dried and Milk foods.. | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Mincemeat | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
| Mince tart | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Mineral waters | 4 | .. | 4 | |
| Mustard | 2 | .. | 2* | |
| Nutmeg, ground | .. | |||
| Olive Oil | 4 | .. | 4 | .. |
| Orangeade powder | .. | |||
| Pepper | .. | .. | ||
| Pepper, black (whole) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 |
| Puddings, Roly Poly, tinned | 3 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Salad Tomato Cream | .. | .. | ||
| Sardines, tinned | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Sauce | 5 | .. | .. | |
| Sild, tinned | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
| Soup, tinned | 2 | 2 | .. | |
| Spice, mixed | 2 | 2 | .. | |
| Suet, shredded | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Sugar | 6 | .. | 6 | .. |
| Sweets | 2 | 2 | .. | |
| Syrup, Fruit | .. | .. | ||
| Tripe | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Vegetables, tinned | 2 | .. | 2 | .. |
| Vinegar | 5 | .. | 5 | .. |
| Wheat flakes | • . | .. | ||
| Wheat, Semolina | .. | .. | ||
| Total Informal Samples | 79 |