[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough].

  • Hammersmith (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1935?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    63 Table II. Year. Genuine. Inferior. Adulterated. 1925 91.6 5.7 2.7 1926 92.1 40 3.9 1927 89 7 7.2 3.1 1928 892 6.5 4 3 1929 93.5 5.4 1.1 1930 93.6 5'3 l.l 1931 95.6 31 1.3 1932 90.6 65 3.0 1933 92.6 51 2.3 1931 899 6 2 3.9 Average for ten years 91 9 5.4 2*7 The number and nature of the various articles examined during the year are set out in Table III. Particulars of prosecutions instituted and penalties imposed are given under the separate headings which follow this Table. Table III. Article. No. of SampleB exam ined. Result of Examination. Genuine. Inferior. Adulter ated/###] Almonds, ground 2 2 Ammnniated Tincture of Quinine 2 2 — Aspirin Tablets 4 4 — Black Pudding 1 1 — Boric Ointment 2 2 — — Brawn 1 1 — Butter 31 31 — Camphorated Oil 5 5 — — Castor Oil ... 4 4 — Cheese ... 4 4 — Chicken and Ham Roll 3 3 — Chicken Roll 1 1 — Citrate of Magnesia 5 5 — Cocoa 7 7 — Coffee 3 3 — Coffee and Chicory 1 1 — — Coffee and Chicory Extraet 1 1 ■— Cream 12 12 — — Cream Confectionery 11 4 7 Epsom Salt 2 2 — Eucalyptus Oil 2 2 — Fish Paste 5 5 — „ tinned 2 2 — Fruit, cordials 4 4 — Fruit, dried 6 6 — „ tinned 5 5 —