Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX E. (1). Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, 1875—1907. Samples taken officially and submitted for analysis during the year.
Article. | Total No. of Samples taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. |
---|---|---|---|
Blaud Pills | 1 | 1 | ... |
Bread | 1 | 1 | ... |
Butter | 116 | 113 | 3 |
Camphorated Oil | 12 | 12 | ... |
Cheese | 4 | 4 | ... |
Cocoa | 16 | 16 | ... |
Coffee | 19 | 18 | 1 |
Cream of Tartar | 1 | 1 | ... |
Dripping | 3 | 3 | ... |
Iron & Ammonia Tonic Powder | 1 | 1 | ... |
„ Quinine „ „ | 1 | 1 | ... |
Jam, Raspberry | 8 | 6 | 2 |
Margarine | 1 | 1 | ... |
Marmalade | 4 | 4 | ... |
Milk | 421 | 391 | 30 |
Mustard | 5 | 5 | ... |
Paregoric Essence | 1 | 1 | ... |
Pepper | 18 | 18 | ... |
Rhubarb, Powdered | 4 | 4 | ... |
Salad Oil | 1 | 1 | ... |
Sausages | 1 | 1 | ... |
Sherbet | 2 | 2 | ... |
Sweets | 1 | 1 | ... |
Tea Dust | 1 | 1 | ... |
Vinegar | 1 | 1 | ... |
Totals | 644 | 608 | 36 |