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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

Bethnal Green 1919

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1919

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MilkNo. 561Pound to be 5 per cent. deficient in fat.Dismissed.......6th July, 1916. Fined £2, for selling milk containing 5 per cent. of added water.Magistrate satisfied milk was sold as it came from the cow.
Vinegar„ 154Contained 23 per cent. of added water.Dismissed.......28th January, 1908. Fined £2, for selling milk containing 10 per cent. of added water. 4th February, 1908. Fined £4, for selling butter containing 55 per cent. of foreign fat. 8th December, 1908. Fined £8, for selling milk 26 per cent. deficient in fat. 30th August, 1917. Fined £1, for selling vine-gar 65 per cent. deficient in acetic acid.Warranty proved.
VinegarNo. 163Contained 37 per cent. of added water.Dismissed.........Warranty proved
,,„ 164Contained 28 per cent. of added water.Vendor paid £2 2s. costs............