London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1918
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918
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Report oj the Medical Officer oj Health.
with the necessary formalities required by the Acts by the Council's Food Inspectors, as under:—
| Inspector. | Number of samples. |
|---|---|
| B. Nurcombe | 450 |
| A. W. Brown | 390 |
| C. Hatton | 55 |
| A. J. Weeks | 53 |
| Total | 948 |
In addition, 943 were sent in as "Informal" samples under
tie direction of Mr. Inspector T. Newell.
The following table gives in detail the nature of all the samples submitted under the Acts, together with the number of samples returned by us as being adulterated, or not up to the legal standard. Below will be found the percentage of adulteration of each class of article submitted where such adulteration occurs:—
| Nature of Article. | Examined. | Adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Milk and Cream | 940 | 973 | 149 | 0 | 149 | |
| Butter | — | 523 | — | |||
| Margarine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lard | — | 25 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Bread | — | 14 | 14 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Tea | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coffee | 50 | 50 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Cocoa | — | 49 | 49 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Mustard | — | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Jam (Marmalade) | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Pepper | — | 12 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Drugs | 43 | 45 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Other Articles | 4 | 151 | 155 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Total | 943 | 1,891 | 152 | 25 | 177 | |