Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1903
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£81 0s. 5d.—consisting of £24 3s. 0d. for samples, £24 9s. 9d. for
Assistant (Deputy), £7 13s. 0d. for Witnesses, £20 9s. 9d. for
Travelling Expenses, and £4 5s. 2d. for Sundries. The salary of
the Food and Drugs Inspector (,£120 rising by ,£10 annual
increases to £180) is not included in the above.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. Samples procured, together with the results of Analyses, during the year 1903.
Samples. | Number Procured. | Number Adulterated |
---|---|---|
Milk | 493 | 53 |
Butter | 199 | 12 |
Coffee | 63 | 4 |
Mustard | 14 | — |
Pepper | 24 | — |
Whisky | 80 | 18 |
Lard | 4 | — |
Margarine | 9 | 9 |
Sago | 7 | 1 |
Drugs | 15 | — |
Tea | 18 | — |
Ground Rice | 12 | — |
Oatmeal | 16 | — |
Gin | 3 | — |
Sugar | 3 | — |
Olive Oil | 6 | — |
Arrowroot | 8 | — |
Rum | 6 | — |
Baking Powder | 6 | — |
Flour | 6 | — |
Bread | 5 | — |
Semolina | 4 | — |
Ground Almonds | 3 | — |
Pea Flour | 3 | — |
Cheese | 3 | — |
Totals | 1010 | 97 |