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 1905
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Witnesses, 6s. 0d. for Collecting Evidence, £26 1s. 1d.
for Travelling Expenses, and 18s. 6d. for Sundries. The
salary of the Food and Drugs Inspector £120 rising by £10
annual increases to £200), and the cost of the summonses
(£4 18s. 0d.), are not included in the above.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. Samples procured, together with the results of Analyses, during the year 1905.
Samples. | Number Procured. | Number Adulterated |
---|---|---|
*Milk | 716 | 49 |
Butter | 211 | 6 |
Cheese | — | — |
Margarine | 2 | — |
Wheaten Flour | 2 | — |
Lard | — | — |
Bread | — | — |
Coffee | 83 | 2 |
Mustard | 15 | — |
Pepper | 39 | — |
Sago | 6 | — |
†Drugs | 5 | — |
Tea | 3 | — |
Ground Rice | 18 | — |
Oatmeal | 17 | — |
Olive Oil | 19 | — |
Arrowroot | 15 | — |
Baking Powder | 6 | — |
Pea Flour | 13 | — |
Vinegar | 18 | — |
Chocolate Powder | 12 | |
Totals | 1200 | 57 |
* Separated milk 10, skimmed milk 1.
† Cream of tartar 2, milk of sulphur 3.