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 1923
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Examined. | Adulterated. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nature of Sample. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
Arrowroot | — | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 |
Cake (Madeira) | — | 10 | 10 | — | 9 | 9 |
Coffee | 9 | — | 9 | 0 | — | 0 |
Honey | 4 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
Lard | 11 | — | 11 | 0 | — | 0 |
Rice | — | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 |
Sausages | 4 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 0 |
Sausage (Breakfast) | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
Sponge Cake | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Sponge fingers | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
Total | 29 | 26 | 55 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Of the 182 samples of milk submitted, 15, or 8.2 per cent. were reported against, as under:—
Case No. | Nature of Report. | Case No. | Nature of Report. |
---|---|---|---|
9 | 4% milk fat deficient. | 131 | 2% milk fat deficient. |
26 | 15% extraneous water. | 135 | 10% milk fat deficient. |
27 | 14% extraneous water. | 179 | 9% extraneous water. |
28 | 14% extraneous water. | 185 | 10½% extraneous water. |
29 | 14% extraneous water. | 209 | 25% milk fat deficient. |
71 | 2½% extraneous water. | 211 | 3% milk fat deficient. |
78 | 26% milk fat deficient. | 214 | 2% milk fat deficient. |
120 | Coloured with Annatto. |
The average composition, in regard to milk fat and solids-not-fat, of the 167 samples of milk submitted during the quarter and reported as genuine was as follows:-
Case No. | Nature of Sample. . | Nature of Report. | |
---|---|---|---|
243 | Cream of Tartar | 4 parts per million excess Arsenic | |
244 | ,, ,, | 21.5% Maize Starch | |
245 | ,, ,, | 8.0% Bicarbonate of Soda |