Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902
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TABLE XXVI.
Description of Article. | Total No. of Samples Taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Inferior. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arrowroot | 6 | 6 | ... | ... |
Brandy | 24 | 23 | 1 | ... |
Bread | 9 | 9 | ... | 2 |
Butter | 99 | 84 | 13 | 2 |
Cheese | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
Cocoa | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
Coffee | 48 | 43 | 5 | ... |
Coffee & Chicory | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |
Cream | 5 | 4 | 1 | ... |
Demerara Sugar | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 |
Flour | 9 | 9 | ... | ... |
Gin | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... |
Honey | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
Lard | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
Margarine | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
Milk | 152 | 106 | 27 | 19 |
(separated) | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
(skim) | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
(sterilized) | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... |
Milk of Sulphur | 9 | 9 | ... | ... |
Mustard | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
Oatmeal | 9 | 9 | ... | ... |
Olive Oil | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
Pepper (Black) | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
„ (Cayenne) | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
„ (White) | 2 | 2 | … | ... |
Rum | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... |
Sago | 8 | 7 | 1 | ... |
Sweets | 12 | 12 | ... | ... |
Tapioca | 6 | 6 | ... | ... |
Tea | 12 | 12 | ... | ... |
Vinegar | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
Whisky | 18 | 18 | ... | ... |
1902-3 Totals | 500 | 411 | 62 | 27 |
1901-2 Totals | 500 | 409 | 48 | 43 |